2920 - 50 DUNFIELD AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29161401
Courtesy of SAM LI/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.
311 - 17 KENASTON GARDENS
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29161406
Courtesy of IREM YILDIRIM/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
20 BEXLEY COURT
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek South), Ontario MLS® #29161418
Courtesy of MANJIT SINGH/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
642 EAGLEMOUNT CRESCENT
Mississauga (Erindale), Ontario MLS® #29161420
Courtesy of EMILY GUO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
75 MONACO COURT
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29161425
Courtesy of SANTHOSHA KEDLAYA/PROEDGE REALTY INC.
31 GLENHAVEN PVT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29161432
Courtesy of Raymond Chin/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
5858 YONGE ST STREET
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29161437
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
605 - 395 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29161456
Courtesy of JAD ALADAL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
91 - 445 ONTARIO STREET
Milton (TM Timberlea), Ontario MLS® #29161452
Courtesy of UMAIR KHALID/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
210 - 10 OLD YORK MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills), Ontario MLS® #29161440
Courtesy of ALICE LEE/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
23 BRIARWOOD ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29161445
Courtesy of JESSICA LI/EASTIDE REALTY
60 - 770 FANSHAWE PARK ROAD E
London North (North C), Ontario MLS® #29161457
Courtesy of MD HASAN IMAM/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
314 - 30 SUNRISE AVENUE
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #29161438
Courtesy of LAURA COOPER/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
1510 - 195 MCCAUL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29161407
Courtesy of JENNY ZHOU/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
425 MAPLE GROVE DRIVE
Oakville (FD Ford), Ontario MLS® #29161419
Courtesy of WENDI GONG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
56 NORBERT ROAD
Brampton (Brampton South), Ontario MLS® #29161421
Courtesy of BK PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
402 - 120 BROADWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29161399
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
6108 - 7 GRENVILLE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29161402
Courtesy of SAM AL-ZAMAN/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
224 SUMMERIDGE DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29161414
Courtesy of RITA ZHU/SMART SOLD REALTY
TH 3 - 4070 PARKSIDE VILLAGE DRIVE W
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29161453
Courtesy of SYED QUMBER RIZVI/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
807 - 8 THE ESPLANADE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29161441
Courtesy of CHEN LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
136 WORTH BOULEVARD
Vaughan (Beverley Glen), Ontario MLS® #29161446
Courtesy of KAIYAN YANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
616 - 125 SHOREVIEW PLACE
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #29161458
Courtesy of CARLA DE SA/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
770 FANSHAWE PARK Road E Unit# 60
London, Ontario MLS® #29161388
Courtesy of MD Hasan Imam/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
25 - 8038 YONGE STREET
Vaughan (Uplands), Ontario MLS® #29161415
Courtesy of MINA DEMIR/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
144 Silversage Terrace Lot# 1
Vernon, British Columbia MLS® #29160525
Courtesy of Chris Holm/Real Broker B.C. Ltd
714 - 1720 BAYVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #29161442
Courtesy of JOE TU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
3810 - 8 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29161416
Courtesy of HENRY ZHAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
53 PELICAN LANE
Hamilton (Vincent), Ontario MLS® #29161428
Courtesy of DIPO BRIMMO/NEST AND CASTLE INC.
421 ARLINGTON AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29161397
Courtesy of Tiffany Ambar/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
1503 - 20 EDGECLIFF GOLFWAY
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #29161436
Courtesy of NATASHA SYED/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
333 RANNIE ROAD
Newmarket (Summerhill Estates), Ontario MLS® #29161448
Courtesy of KATE J. LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
26 AVON AVENUE
Toronto (Rockcliffe-Smythe), Ontario MLS® #29161455
Courtesy of KATE KAO/CENTURY 21 THE ONE REALTY
412 - 120 BROADWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29161400
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
# 4110 - 2221 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29161405
Courtesy of MEILING LIANG/REAL HOME CANADA REALTY INC.
31 GLENHAVEN PVT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29161431
Courtesy of Raymond Chin/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
9 BENSHIRE DRIVE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29161412
Courtesy of AJAY CHOPRA/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
151 - 1075 DOUGLAS MCCURDY COMM COURT
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #29161424
Courtesy of ENZO BUONO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
407A - 10 ROUGE VALLEY DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29161348
Courtesy of YANG XIA/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
#55 24524 TWP ROAD 544
Rural Sturgeon County, Alberta MLS® #29161362
Courtesy of Christina Bieniek/RE/MAX Real Estate
298 EMPRESS BASEMENT AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29161381
Courtesy of ALICE HU/ANJIA REALTY
LOT3 CAMDEN CROSSING
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #29161386
Courtesy of MICHAEL TINGXING LIN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1391 Burlington Road
Burlington, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29161331
Courtesy of Brad Pickering/RE/MAX HARBOURSIDE REALTY
2ND FLOOR - 639 ONTARIO STREET
Stratford, Ontario MLS® #29161336
Courtesy of Azeta Ghaeinizadeh/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
38 LOST CANYON WAY E
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29161355
Courtesy of RAJESH KUMAR NACHNANI/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
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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