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.
78 Peddle Drive
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29345907
Courtesy of ROBERT GARDNER/RE/MAX Central Real Estate Ltd. - Grand Falls-Win
486289 30TH SIDE ROAD
Mono, Ontario MLS® #29411407
Courtesy of Julia Khrisanfova/REALTY ASSOCIATES INC.
4905 - 125 BLUE JAYS WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29411414
Courtesy of JEFFERY WU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
314 - 3883 QUARTZ ROAD
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29411419
Courtesy of CINDY ZHANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3 - 104 MCDOUGALL ROAD
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29411421
Courtesy of TRISH BUCHANAN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
#115 700 BOTHWELL DR
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #29411426
Courtesy of Sue-Ann Clyne/MaxWell Progressive
77 CHALK STREET N
Huron East (Seaforth), Ontario MLS® #29411591
Courtesy of JENNA MARTIN/Royal LePage Heartland Realty
UPPER - 334 CRAWFORD STREET
Toronto (Trinity-Bellwoods), Ontario MLS® #29411604
Courtesy of CATARINA DOMINGUES/ROYAL LEPAGE SUPREME REALTY
2110 - 38 WIDMER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29411609
Courtesy of EDMOND CHONG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
163 ABNER MILES DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29411616
Courtesy of TRUMAN CHEN/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
603 - 2010 ISLINGTON AVENUE
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #29411623
Courtesy of SUSAN LINZER/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
LOWER - 41 DANESBURY CRESCENT
Brampton (Southgate), Ontario MLS® #29411628
Courtesy of GARY FRAGA/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
710 HAGER Avenue
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29411630
Courtesy of Martli Hattingh/Right at Home Realty
25 BRIAN Drive
Burford, Ontario MLS® #29411577
Courtesy of Lauren Harrington/Royal LePage Brant Realty
LPH05 - 8 WELLESLEY STREET W
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29411572
Courtesy of GAELEN PATRICK/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
47 CAROLINE Street N Unit# 409
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29411464
Courtesy of Helen Cen/Right at Home Realty
BSMT - 54 JORDENSEN DRIVE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29411724
Courtesy of JASVINDER KAUR RAI/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
5476 FRESHWATER DRIVE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29411729
Courtesy of RAKESH CHANDER BABBER/CITYSCAPE REAL ESTATE LTD.
608 - 120 EAGLE ROCK WAY
Vaughan, Ontario MLS® #29411712
Courtesy of PEARL KIM/MEHOME REALTY (ONTARIO) INC.
2 - 63 SWEETLAND AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29411565
Courtesy of Mehdi Fallahi/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
22120 TALBOT LINE
West Elgin, Ontario MLS® #29411490
Courtesy of MIKE HOWARD/BLUE FOREST REALTY INC.
34180 MELENA BEACH SIDE ROAD
Bluewater (Bayfield), Ontario MLS® #29411534
Courtesy of BRIAN CHALMERS/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
2206, 7451 Springbank Boulevard SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29411539
Courtesy of Wendy M. Wacko/Royal LePage Solutions
1115 - 38 LEE CENTRE DRIVE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29411546
Courtesy of JANNIE LAM/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
433 VETERANS DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29411553
Courtesy of BOBBY DOGRA/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
232 GRENFELL STREET
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #29411560
Courtesy of SEAN ATRIE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
27 WOODMANS Court
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29411558
Courtesy of CINDY DACOSTA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC. BROKERAGE-3
12 - 92 LORETTA DRIVE
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Virgil), Ontario MLS® #29411438
Courtesy of Aaron Cherney/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
15 - 20887 DALTON ROAD E
Georgina (Sutton & Jackson's Point), Ontario MLS® #29411457
Courtesy of PRABHJOT S. RENNU/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
114 CATTAIL CRESCENT
Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #29411469
Courtesy of KEVIN BOUGHEN/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
22557 QUEENS LINE
West Elgin (Rodney), Ontario MLS® #29411488
Courtesy of MIKE HOWARD/BLUE FOREST REALTY INC.
20 FIRESIDE DRIVE
Hamilton (Freelton), Ontario MLS® #29411635
Courtesy of RYAN SEE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
31 ENCHANTED HILLS CRESCENT
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #29411781
Courtesy of MONICA MAC/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
3000 BRUCE 1 ROAD
Brockton, Ontario MLS® #29411661
Courtesy of AUSTIN KACHMARSKI/Keller Williams Realty Centres
148 GREAT OA
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #29411697
Courtesy of Kevin Balicki/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
36 NICKLAUS DRIVE
Barrie (East Bayfield), Ontario MLS® #29411798
Courtesy of STUART CLELLAND/SUTTON GROUP INCENTIVE REALTY INC.
511 - 45 SUNRISE AVENUE
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #29411700
Courtesy of IBRAHIM KIZILIRMAK/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
401 - 1121 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29411762
Courtesy of EVAN JIANG/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
1101 - 390 CHERRY STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29411774
Courtesy of CINDY LUK/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
200 BAY THORN DRIVE
Markham (Royal Orchard), Ontario MLS® #29411793
Courtesy of MONICA MAC/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
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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