721 - 20 MINOWAN MIIKAN LANE
Toronto (Little Portugal), Ontario MLS® #29149952
Courtesy of MICHAEL G. LI/LE SOLD REALTY BROKERAGE 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.
2804 - 88 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29149957
Courtesy of LANA JI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
4B PIERCE COURT
Springwater (Midhurst), Ontario MLS® #29149964
Courtesy of SUMANT SARIN/ROYAL LEPAGE FIRST CONTACT REALTY
3814 Castle ROAD
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29149969
Courtesy of Peter Fourlas/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
615 - 4 SPICE WAY
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #29149938
Courtesy of ALESSANDRO LEGGIERI/LEGGIERI REALTY INC.
1126 ROSELAWN AVENUE
Toronto (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Ontario MLS® #29149945
Courtesy of TOM PILEGGI/EXP REALTY
1905 - 55 COOPER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29149926
Courtesy of MORI REZAEI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
33 PARLIAMENT STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29149953
Courtesy of AUN UR REHMAN/Gold Estate Realty Inc.
1510 - 30 INN ON THE PARK DRIVE
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29149960
Courtesy of RAYOMAND DAROGA/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
29 RAINWATER LANE
Barrie (Holly), Ontario MLS® #29149965
Courtesy of AILEEN CHEN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
130 ROBERT Street Unit# 22
Milton, Ontario MLS® #29149915
Courtesy of Mary Taylor/EXP Realty Brokerage
102 HAZELWOOD DRIVE
Newmarket (Gorham-College Manor), Ontario MLS® #29149934
Courtesy of GRACE LO/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
146 - 12 FOUNDRY AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29149939
Courtesy of A.J. DALY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
MAIN&UPPER LEVEL - 4230 PERIVALE ROAD
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #29149941
Courtesy of YING LU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
1212 - 27 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29149954
Courtesy of Ena Kim/RETREND REALTY LTD
3609-MASTER - 195 REDPATH AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29149959
Courtesy of MEILING LIANG/REAL HOME CANADA REALTY INC.
461 BLACKBURN Drive Unit# 18
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29149966
Courtesy of Brendon Aasla/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc.
1006 - 175 BAMBURGH CIRCLE
Toronto (Steeles), Ontario MLS® #29149930
Courtesy of LEON ZHOU/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
4298 INGRAM COMMON
Burlington (Shoreacres), Ontario MLS® #29149942
Courtesy of JANE ZHANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
14 ST CATHARINE STREET S
St. Thomas, Ontario MLS® #29149947
Courtesy of NICOLE BARTLETT/COLDWELL BANKER STAR REAL ESTATE
14 OGLEVIE DRIVE
Whitby (Pringle Creek), Ontario MLS® #29149931
Courtesy of ALI TCHESHMEJOUI/ROYAL LEPAGE PEACELAND REALTY
35B - 7378 YONGE STREET
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #29149936
Courtesy of BELINDA MARIE LELLI/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
2009 - 2 ANNDALE DRIVE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29149955
Courtesy of SANGWOO SHON/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1902 - 25 TELEGRAM MEWS
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29149962
Courtesy of IRENE ZHANG/MEHOME REALTY (ONTARIO) INC.
2048 SIXTH LINE
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #29149967
Courtesy of RON ZHU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
18 - 3077 CAWTHRA ROAD
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #29149943
Courtesy of VOLODYMYR POHORETSKYY/EXP REALTY
1209 - 25 LOWER SIMCOE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29149929
Courtesy of ALEX JIAO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
522 - 35 SARANAC BOULEVARD
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #29149924
Courtesy of ALESSANDRO LEGGIERI/LEGGIERI REALTY INC.
11 - 1850 BEAVERBROOK AVENUE
London North (North M), Ontario MLS® #29149918
Courtesy of LAUREN LEE/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
41 HUNTSMILL BOULEVARD
Toronto (Steeles), Ontario MLS® #29149932
Courtesy of GLORIA JIANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
55 - 300 ALEX GARDEN CIRCLE
Aurora (Aurora Village), Ontario MLS® #29149937
Courtesy of ALEX NEZAMINIA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
22 - 130 ROBERT STREET
Milton (OM Old Milton), Ontario MLS® #29149944
Courtesy of MARY L TAYLOR/EXP REALTY
230 LAKESHORE ROAD
St. Catharines (Vine/Linwell), Ontario MLS® #29149949
Courtesy of Derek Abrahams/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
82 MAJOR STREET
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #29149951
Courtesy of DRITA BRUCI/HOUSSPRO DL REALTY
292 VERDALE CROSSING
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29149963
Courtesy of GARY K SUN/POWER 7 REALTY
710 - 705 DAVIS DRIVE
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #29149255
Courtesy of ALEX NEZAMINIA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1701 - 35 PARLIAMENT STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29149262
Courtesy of JUNCHENG WANG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
52 brightoncrest crest Terrace SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29149293
Courtesy of Gabe Woldu/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
602 - 58 ORCHARD VIEW BOULEVARD
Toronto (Yonge-Eglinton), Ontario MLS® #29149344
Courtesy of HIRBOD CHEHRAZI/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
374 Point Ideal Dr
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia MLS® #29149356
Courtesy of Jennifer Allen/RE/MAX Generation (LC)
46 - 1770 ALBION ROAD
Toronto (West Humber-Clairville), Ontario MLS® #29149363
Courtesy of DAVINDER SINGH ATHI/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
10 Sheridan Drive
Sydney River, Nova Scotia MLS® #29149781
Courtesy of Laura MacPhail/Coldwell Banker Boardwalk Realty
870 Greywolf Run N
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #29149844
Courtesy of CHUCK GULYAS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE - LETHBRIDGE
8928 202 STREET
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #29149382
Courtesy of Matt Johnston/Hugh & McKinnon Realty Ltd.
39 SOFTNEEDLE AVENUE
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29149421
Courtesy of SUNNY BHAMRA/RE/MAX EXPERTS
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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