308 CROSS CREEK ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Ops), Ontario MLS® #29148808
Courtesy of PATRICK DALEY/PD 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.
185 DENISTOUN Street Unit# 126
Welland, Ontario MLS® #29148788
Courtesy of Kerry Bradbury/One Percent Realty Ltd.
3510 - 7 MABELLE AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29148497
Courtesy of UPENDRA PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
1510 - 35 PARLIAMENT STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29148548
Courtesy of KEVIN WANG/REAL LAND REALTY INC.
116 3429 Happy Valley Rd
Langford, British Columbia MLS® #29148512
Courtesy of Laura Godbeer/RE/MAX Camosun
401 - 741 SHEPPARD AVENUE W
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #29148430
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
188 KEMANO ROAD
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #29148485
Courtesy of IZZI POPAT/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
15 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 2707
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29148562
Courtesy of MADELINE FLAXEY/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
5858 FERRY Street Unit# 1
Niagara Falls, Ontario MLS® #29148360
Courtesy of Iain Carrillo/EXP Realty Brokerage
2209 - 395 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29148353
Courtesy of GUANGLI WANG/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
90 - 71 CURLEW DRIVE
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #29148396
Courtesy of SHIRLEY GUI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
LOWER - 679 GLADSTONE AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29148409
Courtesy of JUDY CHUN MING LUO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
41 YELLOW RAIL CRESCENT
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29148461
Courtesy of ASHISH GROVER/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
908 - 2088 LAWRENCE AVENUE W
Toronto (Weston), Ontario MLS® #29148466
Courtesy of STEVEN KALKANIS/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
365 PETER RUPERT AVENUE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29148550
Courtesy of FAHIM AHMED/RE/MAX MILLENNIUM REAL ESTATE
204 5170 Dunster Rd
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #29148555
Courtesy of Shannon Gorgichuk/REMAX Professionals (NA)
2032 SHANNON DRIVE
Mississauga (Sheridan), Ontario MLS® #29148492
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
12 Irving Crescent
Red Deer, Alberta MLS® #29148505
Courtesy of Dustin Henfrey/RE/MAX real estate central alberta
7832 LATROBE PLACE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29147956
Courtesy of Rob Richard/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
#710 401 PALISADES WY
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #29148954
Courtesy of Clint B. Kilkenny/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
LPH05A - 30 SHORE BREEZE DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29148442
Courtesy of M. BWANKA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
143, 400 Silin Forest Road
Fort McMurray, Alberta MLS® #29148423
Courtesy of SUSAN LORE/COLDWELL BANKER UNITED
1 - 5858 FERRY STREET
Niagara Falls (Dorchester), Ontario MLS® #29148411
Courtesy of IAN CARRILLO/EXP REALTY
1312 - 51 TROLLEY CRESCENT
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29148341
Courtesy of GUS DAGHER/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
PH104 - 435 RICHMOND STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29148400
Courtesy of HUGO YOU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
1156 VERA STREET
Greater Sudbury (Valley East), Ontario MLS® #29148392
Courtesy of Chuck Lord/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
3322,3324,3326 Robie Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #29148436
Courtesy of Steven Giffin/Keller Williams Select Realty
UPPER - 249 HINTON TERRACE
Milton (FO Ford), Ontario MLS® #29148493
Courtesy of KAMAL RAINA/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
249 RIVER ROAD E
Trent Hills, Ontario MLS® #29148551
Courtesy of Cody Watson/CENTURY 21 LANTHORN REAL ESTATE LTD.
266 Crestline Terr
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #29148638
Courtesy of Connie Hentschel/Royal LePage Parksville-Qualicum Beach Realty (PK)
230 BEECH STREET
Scugog (Port Perry), Ontario MLS® #29148614
Courtesy of COLLEEN S. BROWN/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
9 MOUNTVIEW AVENUE
Huntsville (Chaffey), Ontario MLS® #29148443
Courtesy of SUE BURKE/Royal LePage Lakes Of Muskoka Realty
78 BUJOLD COURT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29148897
Courtesy of Nick Wilson/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
1412 - 30 GREENFIELD AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29148455
Courtesy of RAHELEH BABOLSALAM/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
77 GRANDVILLE AVENUE
Toronto (Rockcliffe-Smythe), Ontario MLS® #29148462
Courtesy of JEFF MACKO/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
115 KING STREET E
Brockville, Ontario MLS® #29148633
Courtesy of Jenn Ferguson/MODERN BROCK GROUP REALTY
802 GREENFIELD CRESCENT
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #29148347
Courtesy of LINA HUANG/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
71 CURLEW DRIVE
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #29148397
Courtesy of HAN ZHANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
1206 - 195 MCCAUL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29148417
Courtesy of FRANCESCO JR. LARDI/RE/MAX CONDOS PLUS CORPORATION
48 ORMOND STREET S
Thorold (Thorold Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29148506
Courtesy of Jenna Zubrickas/COLDWELL BANKER MOMENTUM REALTY, BROKERAGE
2601 - 385 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29148467
Courtesy of MEI-LING WAN/CANADA HOME GROUP REALTY INC.
#6 1910 COLLIP VIEW SW SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29148474
Courtesy of Jigo George/Royal Lepage Summit Realty
70 MORGAN Avenue Unit# 6
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29148429
Courtesy of FAISAL SUSIWALA/RE/MAX TWIN CITY FAISAL SUSIWALA REALTY
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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