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.
65275 Range Rd 114A
Lac La Biche County, Alberta MLS® #29326202
Courtesy of Derek C. Claffey/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
#1BEDBSMNT - 52 NISBET DRIVE
Aurora (Aurora Highlands), Ontario MLS® #29336530
Courtesy of MOHAMMAD NASRKHANI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
#2 3311 58 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29336542
Courtesy of Harvinder Aulakh/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
804, 650 10 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29336573
Courtesy of Zehirr Saifeddine/RE/MAX Real Estate (Mountain View)
3709 RYAN Avenue
Fort Erie, Ontario MLS® #29336650
Courtesy of Danielle Ralph/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
96 MEADOWVIEW AVENUE
Markham (Grandview), Ontario MLS® #29336698
Courtesy of SULOSAN THANGARAJAH/THE AGENCY
917 - 9 CLEGG ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29336737
Courtesy of Max Li/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
16 FOLLETT COURT
Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #29336732
Courtesy of MARY ROY/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
415 BEACH ROAD
Burns Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29336092
Courtesy of Jeff Rushton/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
204 - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29336667
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
601 - 1500 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Humewood-Cedarvale), Ontario MLS® #29336636
Courtesy of TODOR YORDANOV/CITY REALTY POINT
608 - 228 BONIS AVENUE
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #29336554
Courtesy of SALLY TAO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
20 HESKETH COURT
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #29336561
Courtesy of IMRAN KARIM/QUEENSWAY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INC.
2505 - 170 SUMACH STREET N
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29336585
Courtesy of FARID HOSSEINI/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
418 - 7373 MARTINGROVE ROAD
Vaughan (Vaughan Grove), Ontario MLS® #29336559
Courtesy of JOE PERRI/HOMELIFE KINGSVIEW REAL ESTATE INC.
556 COCKSHUTT Road
Scotland, Ontario MLS® #29336612
Courtesy of Heather O'Sullivan/Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
1907 - 38 ANNIE CRAIG DRIVE W
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29336706
Courtesy of ENGIN ONAT/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
522 BANFFSHIRE Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29336648
Courtesy of SURJIT SAM PABLAY/CENTURY 21 RIGHT TIME REAL ESTATE INC.
5307 - 7890 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29336840
Courtesy of VICTOR DENG/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
46 ELM GROVE AVENUE S
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29336838
Courtesy of NINA BONAKDAR/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
1012 - 234 RIDEAU STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29336713
Courtesy of Dionne Caldwell/CALDWELL & ASSOCIATES REALTY LIMITED
11702 94A Street
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29336852
Courtesy of Stephanie Middlestead/Real Broker
695 TOWER STREET S
Centre Wellington (Fergus), Ontario MLS® #29336965
Courtesy of MITCH MYERS/M1 Real Estate Brokerage Ltd
2503 - 1 PEMBERTON AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29336977
Courtesy of JOSEPH TSANG/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
510 CORK STREET
Wellington North (Mount Forest), Ontario MLS® #29337002
Courtesy of SHARON ROY/INTERCITY REALTY INC.
4A PORTLAND STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29337038
Courtesy of KATY VARIAVA/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
450 Mountain Drive
Vernon, British Columbia MLS® #29336972
Courtesy of Lisa Salt/RE/MAX Vernon Salt Fowler
205 - 185 ALBERTA AVENUE
Toronto (Oakwood Village), Ontario MLS® #29337040
Courtesy of LIA HAESOOK JEON/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
1610 - 77 MUTUAL STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29337045
Courtesy of MUDIT MEHTA/ELIXIR REAL ESTATE INC.
515 - 48 SUNCREST BOULEVARD
Markham (Commerce Valley), Ontario MLS® #29337052
Courtesy of MEHRAN DADAR/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
211 - 215 QUEEN STREET E
Brampton (Queen Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29337057
Courtesy of DOUG HARRON/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
11 - 2418 NEW STREET
Burlington (Brant), Ontario MLS® #29337064
Courtesy of STEVE WILKINS/ROYAL LEPAGE BURLOAK REAL ESTATE SERVICES
984 KICKING HORSE PATH
Oshawa (McLaughlin), Ontario MLS® #29336922
Courtesy of SRI LANKESWARAN/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
1390 HALIFAX PLACE
Burlington (Brant), Ontario MLS® #29336934
Courtesy of LISA WEBER/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
102 UPPER CANADA COURT
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #29336946
Courtesy of Karolina Popa/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
7 Parkland Acres
Lacombe, Alberta MLS® #29336864
Courtesy of Debra Grabo/RE/MAX real estate central alberta
1374 TANSLEY DRIVE
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #29336883
Courtesy of ASIYA PARMAR/iCloud Realty Ltd.
530 Waterford Rise
Chestermere, Alberta MLS® #29336895
Courtesy of Khush Sidhu/RE/MAX Complete Realty
2611 Guidi Road
West Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29336908
Courtesy of Derek Martin/RE/MAX Kelowna
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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