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.
78 Peddle Drive
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29345907
Courtesy of ROBERT GARDNER/RE/MAX Central Real Estate Ltd. - Grand Falls-Win
2090 LOST MILE ROAD
Brant (Brantford Twp), Ontario MLS® #29412885
Courtesy of ALLA SHARMA/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
25 8474 BUNCE ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29412688
Courtesy of Aaron Switzer/RE/MAX Core Realty
2005 - 5 NORTHTOWN WAY
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29412900
Courtesy of MARIJA MARY-ANN SEMEN/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
#617 UNIT A - 285 DUFFERIN ST STREET
Toronto (South Parkdale), Ontario MLS® #29412912
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
28 TOMPKINS COURT
Norwich (Norwich Town), Ontario MLS® #29412886
Courtesy of ALLA SHARMA/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
1 MOLNAR Crescent
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29412817
Courtesy of Harry Kaler/HOMELIFE SILVERCITY REALTY INC
5609 FUDGE TERRACE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29412913
Courtesy of ROSE GORING/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1529 WINVILLE ROAD
Pickering (Duffin Heights), Ontario MLS® #29412901
Courtesy of MELISSA DREADDY/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
48 COLDSTREAM CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Devonsleigh), Ontario MLS® #29412906
Courtesy of PATRICK KIANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
304E - 576 FRONT STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29412898
Courtesy of SIMMY GOENKA/RE/MAX CHAMPIONS REALTY INC.
28 TOMPKINS Court
Norwich, Ontario MLS® #29412813
Courtesy of Alla Sharma/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
100 BEDDOE Drive Unit# 98
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29412818
Courtesy of Russell Gardner/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
468 LANGFORD BOULEVARD
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #29412907
Courtesy of MOE MAROUFI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
869 GREENWOOD CRESCENT N
Shelburne, Ontario MLS® #29412914
Courtesy of CAROLYN JANICE CANTERA/iCloud Realty Ltd.
213 - 501 FRONTENAC STREET
Kingston (East of Sir John A. Blvd), Ontario MLS® #29412887
Courtesy of MIKE WANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2090 LOST MILE Road
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29412814
Courtesy of Alla Sharma/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
61 - 1890 RYMAL ROAD E
Hamilton (Hannon), Ontario MLS® #29412888
Courtesy of WEN LANG CHENG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
8 LOUNTS LANE
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #29412910
Courtesy of JUDY CHUN MING LUO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
139 BERCZY GREEN DRIVE
Markham, Ontario MLS® #29412908
Courtesy of TINA LI/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
212 WESTFIELD Place
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29412915
Courtesy of YING SUSAN JIANG/Royal LePage Peaceland Realty
2 - 14 HUNTINGWOOD AVENUE
Hamilton (Dundas), Ontario MLS® #29412884
Courtesy of VIK GULATI/HOUSESIGMA INC.
#434 263 MACEWAN RD SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29412889
Courtesy of Ricky Aujla/Century 21 Bravo Realty
3004 - 8 CHARLOTTE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29412896
Courtesy of KAI LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
BSMT B - 10 DAMIAN DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Bayview Hill), Ontario MLS® #29412904
Courtesy of DANIEL LIN/EVERLAND REALTY INC.
2254 Bayside Road SW
Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #29412753
Courtesy of Nelle Derry/The Real Estate District
14 HOPE AVENUE W
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Virgil), Ontario MLS® #29412758
Courtesy of Angela Gervasio/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
9350 East Saanich Rd
North Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #29412760
Courtesy of James Bridge/Pemberton Holmes Ltd. - Oak Bay
81 CLANCY DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #29412777
Courtesy of MEIQIN SHI/AVION REALTY INC.
925 - 2031 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #29412784
Courtesy of HANK ZHAO/CENTURY 21 LANDUNION REALTY INC.
201 1235 Johnson St
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #29412789
Courtesy of Andrew Hrushowy/Macdonald Realty Victoria
399 THE WESTWAY WAY
Toronto (Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview), Ontario MLS® #29412791
Courtesy of SARA YVONNE LEBLANC/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE CONNECT.CA REALTY
486289 30TH SIDE ROAD
Mono, Ontario MLS® #29411407
Courtesy of Julia Khrisanfova/REALTY ASSOCIATES INC.
4905 - 125 BLUE JAYS WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29411414
Courtesy of JEFFERY WU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
314 - 3883 QUARTZ ROAD
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29411419
Courtesy of CINDY ZHANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3 - 104 MCDOUGALL ROAD
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29411421
Courtesy of TRISH BUCHANAN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
#115 700 BOTHWELL DR
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #29411426
Courtesy of Sue-Ann Clyne/MaxWell Progressive
12 - 92 LORETTA DRIVE
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Virgil), Ontario MLS® #29411438
Courtesy of Aaron Cherney/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
15 - 20887 DALTON ROAD E
Georgina (Sutton & Jackson's Point), Ontario MLS® #29411457
Courtesy of PRABHJOT S. RENNU/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
47 CAROLINE Street N Unit# 409
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29411464
Courtesy of Helen Cen/Right at Home 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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