4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta 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.
400 5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier Real Estate
28 Milton Road
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29244531
Courtesy of DEBBIE BUDDEN/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
12 CORNER UNIT - 490 BERESFORD PATH
Oshawa (Central), Ontario MLS® #29264298
Courtesy of HARRY BINDLISH/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
2305 - 20 EDWARD STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29264293
Courtesy of OWEN ZHANG/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
28 COLLINS CRESCENT
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #29264302
Courtesy of KRISTY CHEN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
6 FENN CRESCENT
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #29264299
Courtesy of BOBBY DHALIWAL/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
223 - 38 WILLIAM CARSON CRESCENT
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29264294
Courtesy of YIN YAO/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
24 MONTEITH DRIVE
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29264310
Courtesy of SAMIR SHARDA/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
166 HILLCROFT DRIVE
Markham (Milliken Mills East), Ontario MLS® #29264303
Courtesy of JOY ZHANG/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
713 - 60 TANNERY ROAD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29264288
Courtesy of ERIC JOHANSSEN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
134 UPPER CANADA DRIVE
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29264295
Courtesy of KENNETH YIM/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
2210 - 88 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29264290
Courtesy of SHELLEY LU/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
224 FLEMING ROAD
Guelph (Grange Road), Ontario MLS® #29264311
Courtesy of JAIDEV GAIND/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
3204 - 11 CHARLOTTE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29264296
Courtesy of SHAWN TAHRIRIHA/RE/MAX HALLMARK SHAHEEN & COMPANY
1505 - 36 OLIVE AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29264289
Courtesy of MONICA WEI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2203 - 88 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29264291
Courtesy of SHELLEY LU/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
20 BOYD CRESCENT
Ajax (Northeast Ajax), Ontario MLS® #29264297
Courtesy of TEJ THAKOR/ROYAL LEPAGE TERRA REALTY
LOWER - 679 GLADSTONE AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29264305
Courtesy of JUDY CHUN MING LUO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
832 BORONIA CRESCENT
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #29264300
Courtesy of FARNAZ ZOHRVAND/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1250 TAVISTOCK DRIVE
Burlington (Mountainside), Ontario MLS® #29264273
Courtesy of MICHAEL COPE/Engel & Volkers Oakville
20 HEGGIE ROAD
Brampton (Madoc), Ontario MLS® #29263531
Courtesy of VICTOR XU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
SE 412 - 9199 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29263543
Courtesy of BEN TSIRLIN/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
105 636 Montreal St
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #29263581
Courtesy of Jack Ramsey/RE/MAX Generation
1402 - 66 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29263601
Courtesy of PERRY SUN/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
1196 GRANGE ROAD
Oakville (FA Falgarwood), Ontario MLS® #29263618
Courtesy of KEN WEDLAKE/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
PH06 - 2556 ARGYLE ROAD
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29263620
Courtesy of CAMERON RENTON/RENTON REALTY
BSMT - 193 ROWE STREET
Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario MLS® #29263663
Courtesy of LILIA BUTKO/HOMELIFE/CIMERMAN REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1923 52 ST NW NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29263904
Courtesy of Rinku Joseph/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
299 KIRKHAM DRIVE
Markham (Cedarwood), Ontario MLS® #29263916
Courtesy of ABI AMALAN/HOMELIFE/FUTURE REALTY INC.
1205 - 365 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29264197
Courtesy of SALLY HUANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
Lot 4 Highway 4
False Bay, Nova Scotia MLS® #29264205
Courtesy of Olena Stutzinger/Cape Breton Realty
LOWER UNIT - 77 SUZUKI STREET
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #29264212
Courtesy of MARYAM AZARBAIJANI/ZOLO REALTY
2002 13675 107A AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29264217
Courtesy of Happy Boyal/Homelife Property Management BC
BSMT - 58 PORTSTEWART CRESCENT
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29263532
Courtesy of AMANDEEP SINGH MAHAL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
4923 51 Avenue
Holden, Alberta MLS® #29263568
Courtesy of Marilou Yampolsky/Coldwell Banker OnTrack Realty
4805 - 8 WELLESLEY STREET W
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29263575
Courtesy of FAISAL ZAFAR/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
24 NAKINA WAY
Markham (Village Green-South Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29263594
Courtesy of DANIEL CHENG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD 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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