707 - 8 WATER WALK DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29179353
Courtesy of ROCKY KANG/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.
5 SULGRAVE CRESCENT
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29179505
Courtesy of PATRICIA SUN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
906 - 344 FRONT STREET
Belleville (Belleville Ward), Ontario MLS® #29179517
Courtesy of TRISH CLARKE/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
1107 - 15 TOWERING HEIGHTS BOULEVARD
St. Catharines (Glendale/Glenridge), Ontario MLS® #29179524
Courtesy of Pamela Mallysh/KEY REALTY TEAM BROKERAGE, INC.
1293 Highway 358
Port Williams, Nova Scotia MLS® #29179562
Courtesy of Mark Merrin/Royal LePage Atlantic - Valley(Windsor)
55 GREENWICH Avenue
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #29179601
Courtesy of Rubel Ibna Shaikh/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
2007 - 65 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29179606
Courtesy of FRANK HON MAU NG/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
35 SOUTHSHORE Crescent Unit# 130
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #29179602
Courtesy of Chris Knighton/eXp Realty
17 - 3301 MCCARTHY STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29179520
Courtesy of Daniel E Oakes/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
35 GREEN VALLEY Street Unit# 214
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29179599
Courtesy of EMANUEL CATANA/SMART FROM HOME REALTY LIMITED
1003 - 20 RICHARDSON STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29179607
Courtesy of ANGELA DEL VECCHIO/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
815 ATTERSLEY DRIVE
Oshawa (Pinecrest), Ontario MLS® #29179568
Courtesy of BONNIE WHITE/ROYAL LEPAGE FRANK REAL ESTATE
85 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29179350
Courtesy of TEA HAXHILLARI/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
924 PRINCESS AVENUE
London East (East G), Ontario MLS® #29179348
Courtesy of PATRICIA BROADHURST/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
465 MACNAB Street N
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29179502
Courtesy of Tammy Loeman/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
5915 Hillside Drive
Halifax Peninsula, Nova Scotia MLS® #29179494
Courtesy of Josh Burt/Avalon Realty
1324 Greenleaf Lane
Sidney Island, British Columbia MLS® #29179499
Courtesy of Cheryl Nelson/Pemberton Holmes Ltd. - Oak Bay
807 - 117 BROADWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29179608
Courtesy of RAYMOND LUI/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
38 TUTTLE POINT ROAD
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Ontario MLS® #29179521
Courtesy of Stephanie Mols/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
5 BROBST FOREST CRESCENT
Bracebridge (Monck (Bracebridge)), Ontario MLS® #29179588
Courtesy of SUSAN BENSON/Royal LePage Lakes Of Muskoka Realty
197 THOMPSON Drive
East Gwillimbury, Ontario MLS® #29179590
Courtesy of Shannon Sullivan/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
120 ISLINGTON Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29179603
Courtesy of TANIS SCHRADER/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
520 CHABLIS Drive
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29179351
Courtesy of MD Hasan Imam/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
116 - 326 MAJOR MACKENZIE DRIVE E
Richmond Hill (Crosby), Ontario MLS® #29179356
Courtesy of FUAD ABASOV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1116 Hochelaga STREET W
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan MLS® #29179510
Courtesy of Laura Fehr/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
195 White Hills Run
Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia MLS® #29179527
Courtesy of Brooklyn White/Press Realty Inc.
607 - 1103 LESLIE STREET
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29179604
Courtesy of KARIM DHARAMSHI/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
49 DRAWBRIDGE DRIVE
Markham (Berczy), Ontario MLS® #29179352
Courtesy of IAN HE/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
BSMT 1 - 116 CHERRYWOOD DRIVE
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #29179357
Courtesy of FUAD ABASOV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
32 Allandale Close SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29179458
Courtesy of LaRae Krebs/RE/MAX Landan Real Estate
629 BURNING BUSH Road
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29179504
Courtesy of Rahul Malik/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM REALTY INC
3112 - 5168 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29179542
Courtesy of WENDI GONG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
5592 MEADOWCREST AVENUE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29177357
Courtesy of TYSON W. CAFE-RUOFF/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
5850 COWICHAN STREET|Garrison Crossing
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29177369
Courtesy of Chris Ackerman/Royal LePage Elite West
4395 Trans Canada Highway East Highway E Unit# 7
Kamloops, British Columbia MLS® #29177371
Courtesy of Bob Hardwick/Royal LePage Westwin Realty
4071 COLEBROOK ROAD
South Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #29177376
Courtesy of MATHEW MUNDELL/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
UPPER - 76 YOUNG STREET
Brighton, Ontario MLS® #29177383
Courtesy of VITHUCHA VARATHARAJAH/HOMELIFE/FUTURE REALTY INC.
12 METEOR BOULEVARD
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #29177388
Courtesy of JULIE MARILYN SWAYZE/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
213 - 195 COMMONWEALTH STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29177390
Courtesy of DARRYL WATTY/CHESTNUT PARK REALTY(SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO) LTD
106 - 90 DEAN AVENUE
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #29177213
Courtesy of CINDY JONES/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
PART 1 BURNT HILLS ROAD
Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #29177237
Courtesy of KAILA BALESDENT/MCCAFFREY REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
201 - 330 CLARENCE STREET
London East (East K), Ontario MLS® #29177244
Courtesy of CALLISTA TRYON/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND 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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