PH11 - 55 ANN O'REILLY ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29137832
Courtesy of JEFFREY LU/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO 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.
44 VILLAGE COURT
Brampton (Brampton East), Ontario MLS® #29137844
Courtesy of MARIO HERMENEGILDO/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
LOWER - 121 STARGELL CRESCENT
Markham (Raymerville), Ontario MLS® #29137837
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
6515 THORLEY ROAD
Hixon, British Columbia MLS® #29137629
Courtesy of Cara McLeod/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
34 DELLA STREET
Georgina (Virginia), Ontario MLS® #29137838
Courtesy of RAYMOND PAU/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
608 - 500 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29137833
Courtesy of SANDRA YOU CHIN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
4709 - 7890 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29137839
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
4045 1ST AVENUE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29137308
Courtesy of Jonathan Bonnett/RE/MAX Core Realty
225 LAUREL CRESCENT
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29137389
Courtesy of Lisa ONeill/Team Powerhouse Realty
6432 FAIRWAY STREET|Sardis South
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29137276
Courtesy of Jeff Houlihan/Royal LePage Little Oak Realty
3407 KALUM STREET
Terrace, British Columbia MLS® #29137309
Courtesy of John Bailey/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Terr)
49 NATALIE PLACE
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29137835
Courtesy of MASON CHIU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
300 KEATS Way Unit# 407
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29137829
Courtesy of MD Hasan Imam/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
340 FLAGSTONE WAY
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #29137836
Courtesy of IGOR KOTYUK/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
139 FERRIS Drive
Wellesley, Ontario MLS® #29137812
Courtesy of MATIN BROMAND/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
19 GILLESPIE TRAIL S
Essa, Ontario MLS® #29137705
Courtesy of WES AYRANTO/RE/MAX CROSSTOWN REALTY INC.
MAIN - 741 PROCTOR ROAD
Burlington (Brant), Ontario MLS® #29137712
Courtesy of DONGSHENG QIU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
95041A Hwy 2
Fort Macleod, Alberta MLS® #29137774
Courtesy of HANK VAN HIERDEN/Real Estate Centre - Fort Macleod
527 - 90 STADIUM ROAD
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29137779
Courtesy of KABIR MANN/RARE REAL ESTATE
1815 - 9000 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29137786
Courtesy of TETIANA IASHCHENKO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
215 - 5940 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29134186
Courtesy of KATE KAO/CENTURY 21 THE ONE REALTY
31 SWORDFISH DRIVE
Whitby (Lynde Creek), Ontario MLS® #29134201
Courtesy of STEVEN B. CHEUNG/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
97 EDGECROFT ROAD
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29134218
Courtesy of ARMIN POURJOPARI/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
1235 TOUKAY CRESCENT
London East (East D), Ontario MLS® #29134220
Courtesy of ABRAR SHAMIM/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
88 CHERRYSTONE DRIVE
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #29134251
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
131 FERNCLIFFE CRESCENT
Markham (Cedarwood), Ontario MLS® #29134263
Courtesy of HUNG TAT TERRY CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
1012 - 3091 DUFFERIN STREET
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29134275
Courtesy of JEREMY VIDAL/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
MAIN - 4 FOX TRAIL DRIVE
St. Catharines (Rykert/Vansickle), Ontario MLS® #29134287
Courtesy of Christine Gazzola/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
BASEMEN - 1385 FERNCLIFF CIRCLE
Pickering (Liverpool), Ontario MLS® #29134299
Courtesy of JIM MILLIS/P2 REALTY INC.
124 - 349 WHEAT BOOM DRIVE
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29134307
Courtesy of INGRID LARA/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
1543 SANDGATE CRESCENT
Mississauga (Clarkson), Ontario MLS® #29134554
Courtesy of DEBORAH CZAHARYN/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
51 HANBURY CRESCENT
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29134559
Courtesy of KAMVALJIT SINGH CHEEMA/HOMELIFE MAPLE LEAF REALTY LTD.
12 EBERLY WOODS DRIVE
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #29134561
Courtesy of KAMVALJIT SINGH CHEEMA/HOMELIFE MAPLE LEAF REALTY LTD.
190 CARLTON STREET
St. Catharines (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29134578
Courtesy of Christie Cassidy/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
38 WALLACE AVENUE S
Welland (Lincoln/Crowland), Ontario MLS® #29134580
Courtesy of Kim Robinson/COLDWELL BANKER ADVANTAGE REAL ESTATE INC, BROKERAGE
2116 - 8 WELLESLEY STREET W
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29134629
Courtesy of ALEXANDER T EVANS/PROPERTY.CA INC.
1122 - 155 MERCHANTS' WHARF
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29134631
Courtesy of FORREST WANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
904 - 130 NEPTUNE DRIVE
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #29134636
Courtesy of MIKE ROCHA/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
1809 - 15 GRENVILLE STREET N
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29134643
Courtesy of Matthew Regan/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
552 VICTORIA PARK AVENUE
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #29134650
Courtesy of ALEXANDRA LINTON/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
15 - 255 MCLEVIN AVENUE
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #29134655
Courtesy of WENDY MIN/CENTURY 21 LANDUNION REALTY INC.
322 Topsail Road
St.John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29134775
Courtesy of Krystal Gibbons/3% Realty East Coast
606 - 15 MCMURRICH STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29134799
Courtesy of GRAEME A. MCINTOSH/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
822 - 68 ABELL STREET
Toronto (Little Portugal), Ontario MLS® #29134802
Courtesy of KING CHEN/HOME ONE REALTY INC.
7832 Sagebrush CRESCENT
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29134814
Courtesy of Keith Britton/2 Percent Realty Refined 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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