419 - 118 KING STREET E
Hamilton (Beasley), Ontario MLS® #29193702
Courtesy of SANAD NABUT/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
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.
1117 Cloke Rd
Ladysmith, British Columbia MLS® #29193745
Courtesy of Todd Gallant/Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty LD
303 KENWOOD AVENUE
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #29193752
Courtesy of NASI ANSARI VAGHEF/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
37 MEADOW LANE
Greater Napanee (Greater Napanee), Ontario MLS® #29193771
Courtesy of PAULA BEVENS-RUTTER/RE/MAX FINEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
3702 - 4015 THE EXCHANGE STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29193853
Courtesy of SUMIT BHARDWAJ/SAVE MAX REAL ESTATE INC.
272 W 3RD STREET
Vanderhoof, British Columbia MLS® #29193214
Courtesy of Jody Pedersen/RE/MAX Vanderhoof
161 SYDENHAM STREET
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #29193517
Courtesy of Jeff Langdon/Century 21 Heritage House Ltd Brokerage
603 - 5180 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29193586
Courtesy of NINA SUN/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
7 ROYALTON LANE
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29193625
Courtesy of BRAD HAMMETT/RE/MAX By The Bay Brokerage
1802 - 101 ERSKINE AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #29193733
Courtesy of CALVIN XU/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
29 LOVE CRESCENT
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #29193740
Courtesy of ARTHUR LABBANCZ/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
675 KARLSFELD Road
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29193810
Courtesy of EMANUEL CATANA/SMART FROM HOME REALTY LIMITED
1012 - 45 SUNRISE AVE AVENUE
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #29193808
Courtesy of SHALU SINGH/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1311 - 45 BASEBALL PLACE
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29193815
Courtesy of DANIELE MESSINA/CENTURY 21 PARKLAND LTD.
159 PENN AVENUE
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #29193822
Courtesy of JENNIFER DI PAOLO/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
404 - 1515 LAKESHORE ROAD E
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #29193839
Courtesy of ANDREW DOUMONT/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
203 5640 Spring Garden Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #29193872
Courtesy of Sai Bhushan Asokan/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
251 PALACE STREET
Thorold (Thorold Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29193860
Courtesy of BRYAN JUSTIN JASKOLKA/CMI REAL ESTATE INC.
B - 227 NAUTICAL BOULEVARD
Oakville (BR Bronte), Ontario MLS® #29193973
Courtesy of GAGAN VERMA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
212 - 1882 GORDON STREET
Guelph (Pineridge/Westminster Woods), Ontario MLS® #29193966
Courtesy of NICK FITZGIBBON/Coldwell Banker Neumann Real Estate
2260 FIFTH LAKE ROAD
Frontenac (Frontenac Centre), Ontario MLS® #29193980
Courtesy of DAWN MORDEN/EXP REALTY, BROKERAGE
323 Thompson STREET
Herbert, Saskatchewan MLS® #29193942
Courtesy of Erin Christopher/Real Broker SK Ltd.
25 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 1701
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29193675
Courtesy of ROBERT ALEXANDER MCFEE/CONDO CULTURE INC. - BROKERAGE 2
2 Southview Crescent
South Dildo, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29193649
Courtesy of Megan George/eXp Realty
UNIT 10 - 39 MARRET LANE
Clarington (Newcastle), Ontario MLS® #29193930
Courtesy of NICOLE DINUNZIO/INTERCITY REALTY INC.
3001 - 5162 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29193916
Courtesy of MINA MEHDIZADEH DAREH/CENTURY 21 PARKLAND LTD.
206 20065 85 AVENUE
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #29193721
Courtesy of Amar Dhaliwal/Sutton Group-West Coast Realty (Abbotsford)
320 Highway
D'Escousse, Nova Scotia MLS® #29193714
Courtesy of Robert Wambolt/Harvey Realties Limited (St.Peters)
5 Butt's Avenue
Carbonear, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29193682
Courtesy of Regan O'Rourke/Royal LePage Property Consultants Limited
2146 WESTMEATH ROAD
Whitewater Region, Ontario MLS® #29193985
Courtesy of David Griffiths/RE/MAX PEMBROKE REALTY LTD.
11 OVERHOLT Drive Unit# Lower
Thorold, Ontario MLS® #29193997
Courtesy of Zita Maben/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
70 THULE STREET
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29194034
Courtesy of SHAN PERINPANATHAN/ROYAL LEPAGE IGNITE REALTY
UNIT 16 - 63 MARRET LANE
Clarington (Newcastle), Ontario MLS® #29193928
Courtesy of NICOLE DINUNZIO/INTERCITY REALTY INC.
1 VICTORIA Street S Unit# 506
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29193670
Courtesy of Elaine Bauer/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
1709 - 30 MEADOWGLEN PLACE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29193668
Courtesy of KHUSH MULTANI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
4712 - 15 FORT YORK BOULEVARD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29194010
Courtesy of ALDO TINO UDOVICIC/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
226 - 25 TURNTABLE CRESCENT
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29193841
Courtesy of STEPHEN TRUONG/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1305 - 1461 LAWRENCE AVENUE W
Toronto (Brookhaven-Amesbury), Ontario MLS® #29193846
Courtesy of MAHEN PITRODA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
615 - 18 HOLMES AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29193664
Courtesy of JASON LI/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO 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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