4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
Cabbagetown
Cabbagetown
Preserving Victorian Housing Architechture
Featured Cabbagetown Listings
Featured Cabbagetown Listings
Cabbagetown is home to many artists, musicians, journalists, writers, lawyers, management consultants, and many other professionals.
200 330 CIRCLE Drive
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29326197
Courtesy of Guy Pelletier/Century 21 Reward Realty
65275 Range Rd 114A
Lac La Biche County, Alberta MLS® #29326202
Courtesy of Derek C. Claffey/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
28 Milton Road
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29244531
Courtesy of DEBBIE BUDDEN/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
1590 Chapman WY SW SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29326434
Courtesy of Terrance J. De Villa/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
4 Briggs Street
Summerside, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29323253
Courtesy of David Bradshaw/NORTHERN LIGHTS REALTY LTD.
53 ROTH Street Unit# 36
Tavistock, Ontario MLS® #29324023
Courtesy of Mimoza Hutton/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
851 QUEENSTON Road Unit# 803
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29324030
Courtesy of Melanie Cunningham/One Percent Realty Ltd.
116, 3000 Somervale Court SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29324061
Courtesy of Xing Wen Li/Homecare Realty Ltd.
7208 - 88 HARBOUR STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29324131
Courtesy of DIANA TAO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
500 BROCK Avenue Unit# 705
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29324186
Courtesy of AUDREY BAILEY/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
2201 - 215 QUEEN STREET E
Brampton (Queen Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29324201
Courtesy of DILBAG DHILLON/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
14 MCKINLEY CRESCENT
Caledon (Caledon East), Ontario MLS® #29324206
Courtesy of TRISH MILLS/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
811 - 750 WHITLOCK AVENUE
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #29324213
Courtesy of MUHAMMAD KAMRAN HUSSAIN/RE/MAX FIND PROPERTIES
2706 - 30 GRAND TRUNK CRESCENT
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29324218
Courtesy of IFTIKHAR CHEEMA/CENTURY 21 REGAL REALTY INC.
Lot 8 Hodgewater Line
Makinsons, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29324408
Courtesy of Candice Mayo/3% Realty East Coast
329 - 361 FRONT STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29324422
Courtesy of DOUG WORKMAN/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
32 EMMAS WAY
Whitby (Taunton North), Ontario MLS® #29324439
Courtesy of JOSEPH D'ADDIO/ROYAL LEPAGE CITIZEN REALTY
106 18 Gilbert Drive
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29324472
Courtesy of James Solitario/CENTURY 21 COLONIAL REALTY INC
7 - 1241 MCCRANEY STREET E
Oakville (CP College Park), Ontario MLS® #29324484
Courtesy of DAN COOPER/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
MAIN FL - 2251 DUNDAS STREET W
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29324489
Courtesy of GOTHAM CHANDIDAS/LANDLORD REALTY INC.
2 ALISMA TRAIL
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29324491
Courtesy of BEV MACLEAN/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
642A Railway Ave
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #29324509
Courtesy of Larry McNabb/REMAX Professionals (NA)
UPPER - 4036 DUNMOW CRESCENT
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #29324198
Courtesy of SHAWN LOPES/CRESCENT REAL ESTATE INC.
533 - 525 ADELAIDE STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29324220
Courtesy of IVY HONG CHUEN NG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
308 7171 121 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29324232
Courtesy of Jamie Ruscheinski/Royal LePage - Wolstencroft
9 BUNHILLL COURT
Ajax (Northeast Ajax), Ontario MLS® #29324237
Courtesy of CINDY CHAN/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
Suite 510 11044 82 Avenue NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29324251
Courtesy of Dan Budman/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
260 11044 82 Avenue NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29324256
Courtesy of Dan Budman/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
108 COCO BAY, PLAYA DEL COCO ESTATES
Costa Rica, Ontario MLS® #29324268
Courtesy of EREZ HENYA/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
43 KENESKY DRIVE
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #29324270
Courtesy of PETER BRAJAK/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
166 WORTHINGTON AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox), Ontario MLS® #29324287
Courtesy of FRANK POLSINELLO/EXP REALTY
714 Riverdale Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29324307
Courtesy of Anne Clarke-Davidson/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
81 CHARLTON Avenue Unit# 203
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29324314
Courtesy of Sam Al-Switi/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
506 THRESHING MILL BOULEVARD
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29324326
Courtesy of SUE CHEN/EXECUTIVE HOMES REALTY INC.
45A - 1170 SHEPPARD AVENUE W
Toronto (York University Heights), Ontario MLS® #29324338
Courtesy of MORTEZA SEDIGHIAN/CENTRAL COMMERCIAL
335 - 35 VIKING LANE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29324340
Courtesy of ANDREW FRANK TAMBURELLO/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
113 3257 Woodrush Dr
Duncan, British Columbia MLS® #29324511
Courtesy of Cal Kaiser/RE/MAX Island Properties (DU)
100A, 9503 112 Avenue
Clairmont, Alberta MLS® #29324042
Courtesy of Kris Waye/Grassroots Realty Group Ltd.
5994 Cedar Grove Dr
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #29324124
Courtesy of Tim Webb/Stonehaus Realty Corp.
15 ASHBURY AVENUE
Toronto (Oakwood Village), Ontario MLS® #29324143
Courtesy of DARREN MICHAEL SLAVENS/SLAVENS & ASSOCIATES REAL ESTATE INC.
Toronto Cabbagetown Community
Toronto Cabbagetown Community
Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood in central Toronto. It largely features semi-detached Victorian houses and is recognized as "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America".
HISTORY
Cabbagetown's history began in the 1840's when thousands of Irish immigrants settled there after fleeing the potato famine in their homeland. To help put food on the table these first Cabbagetown residents grew cabbages on their front lawns, which is how this district came to be known as Cabbagetown.
The area grew up in the 1840s around the Winchester Street Bridge, which before the construction of the Prince Edward Viaduct was the main northern bridge over the Don River. This was near the site where Castle Frank Brook flowed in the Don River. By the bridge the Don Vale Tavern and Fox's Inn were established to cater to travelers. In 1850 the Toronto Necropolis was established in the area as the city's main cemetery.
In the late 19th century the area was absorbed into the city of Toronto. It became home to the working class Irish inhabitants who were employed in the industries along the lake shore to the south in Corktown. Brick Victorian style houses were built throughout the area.
After the war the area became increasingly impoverished. A large number of poorer residents moved in, many resorting to share one house among multiple families. The nineteenth century brick houses began deteriorating, and as landlords saw less value in the neighbourhood, they were not maintained. It became known as one of Toronto's largest slums and much of the original Cabbagetown was razed in the late 1940s to make room for the Regent Park housing project.
The construction of new housing projects was halted in the 1970s. A bylaw was approved in the 1970s to ban any building higher than four storeys, in reaction to the high density high rises being built in neighbouring St. James Town.
Cabbagetown was gentrified by affluent professionals, beginning in the 1970s. Many residents restored small Victorian row houses and became community activists.
Vestiges of a 1960s, counter-culture ambiance remain at vintage clothing stores, health food stores and a gestalt therapy clinic. A Victorian farm, once the site of a zoo, is located adjacent to Riverdale Park West, where a weekly farmer's market is held. A short distance away is the Cabbagetown Youth Centre, home of the Cabbagetown Boxing Club, a reminder of an earlier, and rougher, past.
FESTIVALS
The (Annual) Cabbagetown Festival is held on the second weekend in September each year. Various individual events during the week lead up to the two-day Festival on the weekend. The highlight of the Festival is a parade on Saturday morning, which usually starts at 10:00 a.m.
The first Sunday in May sees the annual Forsythia festival organized by the Cabbagetown Residents Association. The festival includes a parade from Riverdale Park West to Wellesley Park, where games and family entertainment are held.
CABBAGETOWN REAL ESTATE
The neighbourhood is home to many artists, musicians, journalists and writers. Other residents include professors, doctors and social workers, many affiliated with the nearby University of Toronto. Proximity to the financial district and downtown core have also made the area popular with other professionals such as lawyers, management consultants and those in financial services.
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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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