7832 LATROBE PLACE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29147956
Courtesy of Rob Richard/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
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.
401 - 741 SHEPPARD AVENUE W
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #29148430
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
116 3429 Happy Valley Rd
Langford, British Columbia MLS® #29148512
Courtesy of Laura Godbeer/RE/MAX Camosun
3510 - 7 MABELLE AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29148497
Courtesy of UPENDRA PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
188 KEMANO ROAD
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #29148485
Courtesy of IZZI POPAT/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
1510 - 35 PARLIAMENT STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29148548
Courtesy of KEVIN WANG/REAL LAND REALTY INC.
LPH05A - 30 SHORE BREEZE DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29148442
Courtesy of M. BWANKA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
9 MOUNTVIEW AVENUE
Huntsville (Chaffey), Ontario MLS® #29148443
Courtesy of SUE BURKE/Royal LePage Lakes Of Muskoka Realty
70 MORGAN Avenue Unit# 6
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29148429
Courtesy of FAISAL SUSIWALA/RE/MAX TWIN CITY FAISAL SUSIWALA REALTY
1412 - 30 GREENFIELD AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29148455
Courtesy of RAHELEH BABOLSALAM/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
77 GRANDVILLE AVENUE
Toronto (Rockcliffe-Smythe), Ontario MLS® #29148462
Courtesy of JEFF MACKO/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
230 BEECH STREET
Scugog (Port Perry), Ontario MLS® #29148614
Courtesy of COLLEEN S. BROWN/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
3509 - 105 THE QUEENSWAY
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29148355
Courtesy of MICHAEL RAYSON/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM REALTY INC.
417 BROAD Street W
Dunnville, Ontario MLS® #29148451
Courtesy of Konstantinos Violaris/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
61 BUCHANAN DRIVE
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #29148456
Courtesy of DOROTA FERLAK/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
87 Rundleson Way NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29148414
Courtesy of Wasim Elafech/Century 21 Bravo Realty
72 CORBETT AVENUE
Toronto (Rockcliffe-Smythe), Ontario MLS® #29148440
Courtesy of WILLIAM SUN/POWERLAND REALTY
135 FREDERICK TISDALE DRIVE
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #29148351
Courtesy of MICHAEL SUN/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
50 AMBER DRIVE
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #29148472
Courtesy of RASHIKA DAVID/RE/MAX By The Bay Brokerage
LOWER - 78 SLOANE AVENUE
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #29148477
Courtesy of IRA KALEMI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
437 - 156 JOZO WEIDER BOULEVARD
Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #29148600
Courtesy of BRIAN CASSIDY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
11 DUNSDALE SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #29148612
Courtesy of LAP KEUNG LI/THE REAL ESTATE OFFICE INC.
948 Flagstick Rd
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia MLS® #29148233
Courtesy of Nicole Proch/Royal LePage Parksville-Qualicum Beach Realty (PK)
492 Chinook Gate Square SW
Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #29148257
Courtesy of Ulises Ramirez/PropZap Realty
1409 - 763 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29148240
Courtesy of JANE YANG/EASTIDE REALTY
6 MARINE DRIVE
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29148245
Courtesy of VIREN SUD/KELLER WILLIAMS LEGACIES REALTY
6501 - 1 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29148276
Courtesy of JAMIE WU/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
24 PLEASANT VIEW CRESCENT
Kawartha Lakes (Mariposa), Ontario MLS® #29145253
Courtesy of ELLEN LESLIE/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
127 McDonald ROAD
Estevan, Saskatchewan MLS® #29148283
Courtesy of Amanda Mack/Coldwell Banker Choice Real Estate
9 - 650 CHILDS DRIVE
Milton (TM Timberlea), Ontario MLS® #29147571
Courtesy of ABDUL JABBAR ANJUM/CENTURY 21 GREEN REALTY INC.
72 Creekstone Grove SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29147583
Courtesy of David Lofthaug/Bode Platform Inc.
54402 Range Road 154
Rural Yellowhead County, Alberta MLS® #29147622
Courtesy of LORI GELMICI-HANNI/ROYAL LEPAGE EDSON REAL ESTATE
1910 167A STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29147665
Courtesy of TJ Samra/RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty
605 - 9255 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #29147691
Courtesy of CHRISTOPHER LAU/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
10 MAINLAND CRESCENT E
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29147696
Courtesy of MANGATT TAHIR/RE/MAX MILLENNIUM REAL ESTATE
8900 Jim Bailey Road Unit# 115
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29147704
Courtesy of Keith Watts/RE/MAX Kelowna
40 PALACE Street Unit# J2
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29147709
Courtesy of SARADHA SOMA/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC. BROKERAGE
28 CAPE DORSET CRESCENT
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29147730
Courtesy of PUNEET BHARDWAJ/DREAM HOUSE REAL ESTATE INC.
320 - 457 PLAINS ROAD E
Burlington (LaSalle), Ontario MLS® #29147735
Courtesy of ANDY ANAND CHRISTIAN/ROYAL LEPAGE CREDIT VALLEY REAL ESTATE
12170 COUNTY 3 ROAD
North Dundas, Ontario MLS® #29147742
Courtesy of Emily Blanchard/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
10 6574 Baird Rd
Port Renfrew, British Columbia MLS® #29147759
Courtesy of Candice Kelly/RE/MAX Camosun
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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