908 OAKTREE CRESCENT
Newmarket (Summerhill Estates), Ontario MLS® #29165371
Courtesy of NATALYA KOGAN/THE AGENCY
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.
2204 25 Avenue NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29165390
Courtesy of Colin Ongyerth/RE/MAX Real Estate (Mountain View)
6537 ST MICHAEL Avenue
Niagara Falls, Ontario MLS® #29165927
Courtesy of Stephanie Doan-Lynds/RE/MAX Niagara Realty Ltd.
2E - 8 ROSEBANK DRIVE
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #29165934
Courtesy of ALEXANDRIA VICTORIA CLEYN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
613 - 7825 BAYVIEW AVENUE
Markham (Aileen-Willowbrook), Ontario MLS® #29165953
Courtesy of RICHARD DUGGAL/EXP REALTY
2545 COUNTY RD 50
Adjala-Tosorontio (Loretto), Ontario MLS® #29165965
Courtesy of CASSIDY JULEE LEMOINE/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
20 HOLGATE STREET
Barrie (Allandale), Ontario MLS® #29165972
Courtesy of MARIJAN KOTURIC/ORION REALTY CORPORATION
5633 HADDON HALL ROAD
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29165117
Courtesy of DENISE CHEN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
70 GRANGER AVENUE
Toronto (Kennedy Park), Ontario MLS® #29165193
Courtesy of Fahad Hossain/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 70-A CHAUCER CRESCENT
Barrie (Letitia Heights), Ontario MLS® #29165453
Courtesy of COSIMINA PRETE/SEARCH REALTY
LOWER - 92 MITCHELL AVENUE
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29165895
Courtesy of LILLIAN MARSON/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
201 - 489 QUEEN STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29165908
Courtesy of TALIA BLACK/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
UNIT B - 209 DUNDAS STREET W
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29165915
Courtesy of RODICA ILIESCU/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
LOT 5 CON 3 PCL 1495CC
Mattice-Val Cote, Ontario MLS® #29165321
Courtesy of Audrey Aubin/RE/MAX CROWN REALTY (1989) INC
38 ORDNANCE STREET
Kingston (East of Sir John A. Blvd), Ontario MLS® #29165314
Courtesy of MARY AMBROSE/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
181 HODGKINS AVENUE
Thorold (Allanburg/Thorold South), Ontario MLS® #29165326
Courtesy of Matthew Scarfone/Vintage Real Estate Co. LTD
232 WELLINGTON Street N
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29165162
Courtesy of George Palios/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
5890 CHESTERFIELD Ave
Duncan, British Columbia MLS® #29165150
Courtesy of Mark Meichsner/Newport Realty Ltd.
175 - 4950 ALBINA WAY
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29165136
Courtesy of TJ WU/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
50 GOSKIN COURT
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #29165129
Courtesy of KAVI NAGARAJAH/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
906 County Line Rte 325 Road
Hopefield, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29165302
Courtesy of Ashley Feschuk/IMPRESS ISLAND REALTY
1 Whipple Street
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29165268
Courtesy of Vera Saeme/Engel & Volkers (Yarmouth)
55 DUKE Street Unit# 2203
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29165249
Courtesy of Matt Bowlby/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
721 - 51 BAFFIN COURT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29165131
Courtesy of ALLAN YU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
33 EARNSHAW DRIVE
Markham (Victoria Square), Ontario MLS® #29165112
Courtesy of SUE ZHANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
2009 - 55 REGENT PARK BOULEVARD
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29165547
Courtesy of LAMIS DANTAS/THE AGENCY
808 - 72 ESTHER SHINER BOULEVARD
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29165542
Courtesy of CATHERINE CHOW/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
44 YEO STREET
Penetanguishene, Ontario MLS® #29165489
Courtesy of ERIC BEUTLER/Keller Williams Experience Realty
10 Ashley Drive
Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia MLS® #29165472
Courtesy of Sheila Cashin/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
1003 - 100 MILLSIDE DRIVE
Milton (OM Old Milton), Ontario MLS® #29165415
Courtesy of LYNDA CROSS/Royal LePage Meadowtowne Realty Inc., Brokerage
37 EAST GLEN DRIVE
Lambton Shores (Arkona), Ontario MLS® #29165410
Courtesy of COLIN VAN MOORSEL/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
662 HARRIET Street Unit# Upper
Welland, Ontario MLS® #29165376
Courtesy of Soni Chachad/Keller Williams Edge Realty
3566 BAYOU ROAD
Severn (West Shore), Ontario MLS® #29165592
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
6145 3RD LINE
New Tecumseth, Ontario MLS® #29165585
Courtesy of KATHRYN M LUNN/COLDWELL BANKER RONAN REALTY
146 MUMBAI DRIVE
Markham (Middlefield), Ontario MLS® #29165580
Courtesy of ALVIN C. LIU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
6 NORTHROP BSMT AVENUE N
Clarington (Newcastle), Ontario MLS® #29165561
Courtesy of HEAVEN KAYMEN JOSEPH/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
75 ELLEN Street Unit# 508
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #29165667
Courtesy of Peggy Hill/RE/MAX Hallmark Peggy Hill Group Realty Brokerage
1 LEASIDE PARK Drive Unit# 419
Toronto, Ontario MLS® #29165530
Courtesy of Kayla Smith/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
73 ALBANY Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29165528
Courtesy of Calvin William Voortman/Voortman Realty Inc.
741 DRUMMOND CON 12C ROAD
Drummond/North Elmsley, Ontario MLS® #29165511
Courtesy of Stephanie Mols/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
369 SKYLINE AVENUE
London North (North B), Ontario MLS® #29165504
Courtesy of NEERA CHOPRA/SUTTON GROUP PREFERRED REALTY INC.
49 CENTRE STREET
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29165491
Courtesy of TYLER SMITH/HOMESMITHS REAL ESTATE LTD.
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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