707 - 8 WATER WALK DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29179353
Courtesy of ROCKY KANG/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
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.
85 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29179350
Courtesy of TEA HAXHILLARI/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
924 PRINCESS AVENUE
London East (East G), Ontario MLS® #29179348
Courtesy of PATRICIA BROADHURST/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
520 CHABLIS Drive
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29179351
Courtesy of MD Hasan Imam/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
116 - 326 MAJOR MACKENZIE DRIVE E
Richmond Hill (Crosby), Ontario MLS® #29179356
Courtesy of FUAD ABASOV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
49 DRAWBRIDGE DRIVE
Markham (Berczy), Ontario MLS® #29179352
Courtesy of IAN HE/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
BSMT 1 - 116 CHERRYWOOD DRIVE
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #29179357
Courtesy of FUAD ABASOV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
5592 MEADOWCREST AVENUE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29177357
Courtesy of TYSON W. CAFE-RUOFF/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
5850 COWICHAN STREET|Garrison Crossing
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29177369
Courtesy of Chris Ackerman/Royal LePage Elite West
4395 Trans Canada Highway East Highway E Unit# 7
Kamloops, British Columbia MLS® #29177371
Courtesy of Bob Hardwick/Royal LePage Westwin Realty
4071 COLEBROOK ROAD
South Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #29177376
Courtesy of MATHEW MUNDELL/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
UPPER - 76 YOUNG STREET
Brighton, Ontario MLS® #29177383
Courtesy of VITHUCHA VARATHARAJAH/HOMELIFE/FUTURE REALTY INC.
12 METEOR BOULEVARD
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #29177388
Courtesy of JULIE MARILYN SWAYZE/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
213 - 195 COMMONWEALTH STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29177390
Courtesy of DARRYL WATTY/CHESTNUT PARK REALTY(SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO) LTD
106 - 90 DEAN AVENUE
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #29177213
Courtesy of CINDY JONES/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3409, 1620 70 Street SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29177218
Courtesy of Stewart B. Chyz/TREC The Real Estate Company
PART 1 BURNT HILLS ROAD
Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #29177237
Courtesy of KAILA BALESDENT/MCCAFFREY REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
201 - 330 CLARENCE STREET
London East (East K), Ontario MLS® #29177244
Courtesy of CALLISTA TRYON/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
22 MILL LANE E
Melancthon, Ontario MLS® #29177251
Courtesy of CASSIDY JULEE LEMOINE/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
146 Aspen Street
Kamloops, British Columbia MLS® #29177270
Courtesy of Henry Hayward/Stonehaus Realty Corp
UPPER - 21 D'ARCY STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29177061
Courtesy of BRITTANY ZAHRA CALLAGHAN/PROPERTY.CA INC.
503 - 7 KENASTON GARDENS
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29177073
Courtesy of BEHRAD BAGHERZADEH/EXP REALTY
200C - 646 BROADVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (North Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29177078
Courtesy of ASH AHLUWALIA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
912 - 1480 BAYLY STREET
Pickering (Bay Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29177085
Courtesy of GINO SPAGNUOLO/REVEL REALTY INC.
34 PREVIN COURT
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #29177092
Courtesy of JESSIE SINGH/COLDWELL BANKER SUN REALTY
14 OPAL COURT
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29177097
Courtesy of JACK KAKOUSIAN/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
25 QUINTE VIEW DRIVE
Quinte West (Sidney Ward), Ontario MLS® #29176979
Courtesy of PATRICK SHEARER/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
14B - 871-875 CHEMONG ROAD
Peterborough (Northcrest Ward 5), Ontario MLS® #29176981
Courtesy of DAN SMITH/CENTURY 21 UNITED REALTY INC.
347 KINGSDALE AVENUE
Kingston (East Gardiners Rd), Ontario MLS® #29176986
Courtesy of RICHARD GALLAGHER/RE/MAX FINEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
2212 URWIN CRESCENT
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #29177009
Courtesy of NICK KRAWCZYK/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
89 JOHN STREET
Brampton (Downtown Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29177011
Courtesy of JAGMOHAN SINGH SABHARWAL/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
72 PEARL STREET
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #29177028
Courtesy of Sarah Eden/Century 21 Heritage House Ltd Brokerage
58 DE LA SALLE BOULEVARD
Georgina (Sutton & Jackson's Point), Ontario MLS® #29177042
Courtesy of SHAWNA LLOYD/PSR
49539 PRAIRIE CENTRAL ROAD|East Chilliwack
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29177174
Courtesy of Cameron Van Klei/Century 21 Creekside Realty (Luckakuck)
899 JAMES Street
Woodstock, Ontario MLS® #29177181
Courtesy of ALEXANDER MITYUK/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
19 - 44 BALLIOL STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29177193
Courtesy of ASH AHLUWALIA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
104 309A Cree CRESCENT
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29177201
Courtesy of Brent Herman/Realty Executives Saskatoon
48 COLDSTREAM CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Devonsleigh), Ontario MLS® #29177206
Courtesy of PATRICK KIANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
140 Parish Street
Fall River, Nova Scotia MLS® #29177105
Courtesy of Steven Giffin/Keller Williams Select Realty
15 GEORGE STREET W
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen (Havelock), Ontario MLS® #29177112
Courtesy of GINGER THERRIEN/BALL REAL ESTATE INC.
1405 - 7 MABELLE AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29177117
Courtesy of JUSTIN JEFFERY/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
BSMT - 95 VALLEYCREEK DRIVE
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #29177124
Courtesy of JASKARAN SINGH LALL/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
138 Turner AVE
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29177129
Courtesy of Jim Clemente/Remax Sault Ste. Marie Realty 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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