PH4 - 35 SARANAC BOULEVARD
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #29154348
Courtesy of TODD SHANE NOWENSKY/Royal LePage Security 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.
1 - 345 DANFORTH AVENUE
Toronto (North Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29154519
Courtesy of ANGELO ARITZAKIS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
97 - 303 BROWARD WAY
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #29154401
Courtesy of VINCE BRUNO/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
230 MARY ANNE DRIVE
Barrie (Painswick North), Ontario MLS® #29154247
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
2152 SHEPPARD AVENUE W
Toronto (Glenfield-Jane Heights), Ontario MLS® #29154261
Courtesy of HARRY K.P. KANDHAI/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
38-44 North Avenue
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia MLS® #29155031
Courtesy of Kathy Harpell/Royal LePage Atlantic (Enfield)
38 Bastian Point Road
East Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia MLS® #29155029
Courtesy of Philip Evans/Keller Williams Select Realty
C-311 - 6 RED SQUIRREL LANE
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #29154552
Courtesy of JANICE H. WILLIAMS/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
203 BRANT Avenue Unit# 1
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29154507
Courtesy of Ed Doucet/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
1801 - 1285 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29154259
Courtesy of BHARPUR MUNDE/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
LOWER - 86 TAMARAC TRAIL
Aurora (Aurora Highlands), Ontario MLS® #29154242
Courtesy of Padideh Nik/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
144 JACOBSON Avenue
St. Catharines, Ontario MLS® #29154235
Courtesy of RON SCHIPPLING/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
37 BOND STREET S
Hamilton (Dundas), Ontario MLS® #29153941
Courtesy of ABHI GILL/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
44 CASTLERIDGE DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Doncrest), Ontario MLS® #29153927
Courtesy of BING DONG/SMART SOLD REALTY
N/A FIRMANS ISLAND
Prince Edward County (Ameliasburgh), Ontario MLS® #29154071
Courtesy of LI LIU/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
13 McCarthys Road
Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29154463
Courtesy of Sarah Morgan/BlueKey Realty Inc.
40 KRUG Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29154103
Courtesy of CARI ANN HEWICK/RE/MAX SOLID GOLD REALTY (II) LTD.
1 7610 EVANS ROAD|Sardis West Vedder
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29153364
Courtesy of Sarah Trydal/Stonehaus Realty Corp.
18 WHITMAN STREET
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29153946
Courtesy of MARISA LIN/EXP REALTY
605 - 35 MARINER TERRACE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29154002
Courtesy of MARIA URSINI/RE/MAX CONDOS PLUS CORPORATION
407 - 437 GLEN PARK AVENUE
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29154033
Courtesy of ARLYN FORTIN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
29 ANN STREET
Thorold (Thorold Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29154038
Courtesy of MIKE GHASSEMI-MONTAZER/META REALTY INC.
323, 315 Heritage Drive SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29154040
Courtesy of Eric Mortimer/MaxWell Capital Realty
235 WEST VILLAGE PRIVATE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29154127
Courtesy of Jeff Birchmore/SUTTON GROUP - OTTAWA REALTY
509 - 15 TOWERING HEIGHTS BOULEVARD
St. Catharines (Glendale/Glenridge), Ontario MLS® #29154134
Courtesy of Matthew Goch/EXP REALTY
8268 WELLINGTON ROAD 124
Guelph/Eramosa, Ontario MLS® #29154196
Courtesy of BILL SWAN/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
2865 RIDGETOP ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29154209
Courtesy of Cathy Hay/REALTY EXECUTIVES REAL ESTATE LTD
1349 QUEEN STREET
Wilmot, Ontario MLS® #29154278
Courtesy of Jordan Hunter/Gale Group Realty Brokerage Ltd
195 CHURCH STREET
Brockville, Ontario MLS® #29154297
Courtesy of ANDREA PIRAINO/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
704 - 60 COLBORNE STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29154331
Courtesy of DAVID ELFASSY/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
437 - 543 RICHMOND STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29154336
Courtesy of BOKYUNG SONG/EXP REALTY
705 - 127 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29154355
Courtesy of MARLON DEOGRACIAS/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
2812 - 125 VILLAGE GREEN SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29154367
Courtesy of JOEY LEUNG/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
406 - 16 BROOKERS LANE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29154413
Courtesy of MINOO GHANBARY/PROPERTY.CA INC.
226 - 3025 THE CREDIT WOODLANDS DRIVE
Mississauga (Erindale), Ontario MLS® #29154432
Courtesy of CLARKE SHIN/EXP REALTY
192 - 1082 SHAMROCK MARINA ROAD
Gravenhurst (Morrison), Ontario MLS® #29154451
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
412, 8531 8A Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29154456
Courtesy of Maria Lynn Lizotte/RE/MAX Real Estate (Mountain View)
515 CLEMENCY CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29154468
Courtesy of Monica Flores/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
807 - 202 BURNHAMTHORPE ROAD E
Mississauga (Mississauga Valleys), Ontario MLS® #29154610
Courtesy of TAM LU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
UNIT 3 - 158 LISGAR STREET
Toronto (Little Portugal), Ontario MLS® #29153910
Courtesy of RYAN GOZLI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
15 MONTICOLA AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Headford Business Park), Ontario MLS® #29153953
Courtesy of MARISA LIN/EXP REALTY
10414 LAKESHORE ROAD
Wainfleet (Lakeshore), Ontario MLS® #29154083
Courtesy of Emily Ye Fraser/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
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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