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.
65275 Range Rd 114A
Lac La Biche County, Alberta MLS® #29326202
Courtesy of Derek C. Claffey/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
30 NIGHTFALL COURT
Vaughan (Kleinburg), Ontario MLS® #29337773
Courtesy of ROLAND KOGAN/RE/MAX REALTRON REALTY INC.
447 WENTWORTH STREET N
Hamilton (Industrial Sector), Ontario MLS® #29337831
Courtesy of BRITTNEY KOOY/RE/MAX HALLMARK ALLIANCE REALTY
59 WESTFIELD DRIVE
Whitby (Lynde Creek), Ontario MLS® #29337862
Courtesy of Rahim Rajab Ali/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
419 - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29337848
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
19 Wood Island Road
Montague, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29337918
Courtesy of Sharon Ogawa/BRAD OLIVER REALTY INC.
601, 8230 Broadcast Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29337906
Courtesy of Oliver Trutina/RE/MAX First
11 Muirfield Close
Lyalta, Alberta MLS® #29338062
Courtesy of Heather Dougall/Royal LePage Benchmark
107 FRENCHPARK CIRCLE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29337951
Courtesy of GOURAV SETIA/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
62 Linkside BV
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #29338187
Courtesy of Arlie E. Jespersen/Century 21 Leading
255 ALBION ROAD
Toronto (Elms-Old Rexdale), Ontario MLS® #29338182
Courtesy of ANDREW MAHESH FERNANDO/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
3104 - 70 ANNIE CRAIG DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29338214
Courtesy of ANTHONY DAVID CAMPEA/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
32 MAYO AVENUE
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29338031
Courtesy of RAVI SINGH GODARA/ELIXIR REAL ESTATE INC.
109, 1080A Cougar Creek Drive
Canmore, Alberta MLS® #29338024
Courtesy of DAN SPARKS/Century 21 Nordic Realty
303 - 33 WALLACE STREET
Vaughan (West Woodbridge), Ontario MLS® #29338113
Courtesy of HORST CARL RICHTER/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
39 CONNOLLY ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #29338233
Courtesy of KAJAN KASIPPILLAI/RE/MAX ACE REALTY INC.
158 HOLLYWOOD HILL CIRCLE
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29338245
Courtesy of RAJROOP AHLAWAT/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
12 - 7360 SANDY RIDGE COMMON
Niagara Falls (Oldfield), Ontario MLS® #29338252
Courtesy of MANVEER SODHI/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
4502 - 5 BUTTERMILL AVENUE
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29338264
Courtesy of BRIAN LIU/HOMELIFE/CIMERMAN REAL ESTATE LIMITED
702 - 145 HILLCREST AVENUE
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29337837
Courtesy of ELIAS NICHOLAS IAIZZO/GET SOLD REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 3254 CAMBOURNE CRESCENT
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #29337849
Courtesy of BRANDON NARSINGH/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
1108 - 41 MARKBROOK LANE
Toronto (Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown), Ontario MLS® #29337921
Courtesy of JAYESH PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
60 BRENDA CRESCENT
Toronto (Kennedy Park), Ontario MLS® #29337945
Courtesy of ADAM REINHARD/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
BSMT - 18 TREEGROVE CRESCENT
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29337952
Courtesy of KALVEER SINGH GREWAL/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
286 CHOKECHERRY CRESCENT
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29337786
Courtesy of AUSTIN YE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 10 FERMOY ROAD
Toronto (Cliffcrest), Ontario MLS® #29338094
Courtesy of SONIA BESSY RIVAS/CITYGATE REALTY INC.
1402 - 56 ANNIE CRAIG DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29338099
Courtesy of OLENA DMYTRIVNA YURCHUK/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
309 - 1451 WALKER'S LINE
Burlington (Tansley), Ontario MLS® #29338145
Courtesy of GREG FULLERTON/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
1037 MAURY CRESCENT
Pickering (Liverpool), Ontario MLS® #29338001
Courtesy of ELVIRA PATRICIA LAROCQUE/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
1104 - 1 QUARRINGTON LANE
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29338222
Courtesy of STEVE BUCCIOL/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
116 - 1585 ROSE WAY
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #29338208
Courtesy of Rajveer Dhillon/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
201, 1828 14 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29338188
Courtesy of Natasha Serrurier/BECK Real Estate Ltd.
3912 - 3 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29338258
Courtesy of CAROLINE HOU/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
802 - 400 WELLINGTON STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29338239
Courtesy of JACQUELINE MANITAROS/COLDWELL BANKER THE REAL ESTATE CENTRE
48 GROVER RD (MAIN & UPPER) ROAD
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #29338265
Courtesy of RAHIM GHULAM HUSSAINI ALINANI/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
796 BUCKINGHAM COURT
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #29337869
Courtesy of AYSHA AKRAM RIZWAN/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
149 1720 Dufferin Cres
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #29337888
Courtesy of Tom Munro/460 Realty Inc. (NA)
405 - 405 DUNDAS STREET W
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29337871
Courtesy of AJ UPPAL/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
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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