710 - 705 DAVIS DRIVE
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #29149255
Courtesy of ALEX NEZAMINIA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
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.
602 - 58 ORCHARD VIEW BOULEVARD
Toronto (Yonge-Eglinton), Ontario MLS® #29149344
Courtesy of HIRBOD CHEHRAZI/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
374 Point Ideal Dr
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia MLS® #29149356
Courtesy of Jennifer Allen/RE/MAX Generation (LC)
1701 - 35 PARLIAMENT STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29149262
Courtesy of JUNCHENG WANG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
46 - 1770 ALBION ROAD
Toronto (West Humber-Clairville), Ontario MLS® #29149363
Courtesy of DAVINDER SINGH ATHI/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
52 brightoncrest crest Terrace SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29149293
Courtesy of Gabe Woldu/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
44 HAWKVIEW BOULEVARD
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29149307
Courtesy of JESSICA YIN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
4210 - 88 HARBOUR STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29149321
Courtesy of ANDY YOU/JDL REALTY INC.
413 - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29149314
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
4305 - 45 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29149275
Courtesy of FLORA NGAR YEE HO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
187 PARK DRIVE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29149256
Courtesy of RAFIE SILLOREQUEZ/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
4807 - 56 ANNIE CRAIG DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29149270
Courtesy of NELSON OLUWOLE AKINKUGBE/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
47 - 1770 ALBION ROAD
Toronto (West Humber-Clairville), Ontario MLS® #29149364
Courtesy of DAVINDER SINGH ATHI/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
612 - 2220 LAKESHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29149271
Courtesy of OLENA KUKURUDZA/SKYBOUND REALTY
533 - 20 MEADOWGLEN PLACE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29149264
Courtesy of TAHA BURHANI/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
317 - 35 TUBMAN AVENUE
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29149341
Courtesy of GILLIAN GOOK/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
51 MORNINGMIST STREET
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29149310
Courtesy of SUDAGAR TOOR/HOMELIFE SILVERCITY REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 22 MORGAN AVENUE
Markham (Thornhill), Ontario MLS® #29149257
Courtesy of QUAN CHEN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 17 BREWTON ROAD
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29149276
Courtesy of SHAFIN AHMED/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
292 FREURE DRIVE
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29149327
Courtesy of ADAM BENDIG/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
102 318 108th STREET
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29149360
Courtesy of Cindy Eckart/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
2612 - 395 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29149315
Courtesy of EVELYN LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
44 HAWKVIEW BOULEVARD
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29149308
Courtesy of JESSICA YIN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
BSMT - 5254 ASTWELL AVENUE
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29149365
Courtesy of LI LIU/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
74 LEEWARD DRIVE N
Brampton (Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29149366
Courtesy of MANPRIT SINGH/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
107 MARTHA STREET W
Caledon (Bolton West), Ontario MLS® #29149316
Courtesy of JASMINE MARIA XUEREB/SUTTON GROUP ELITE REALTY INC.
1528 KNARESWOOD DRIVE
Mississauga (Lorne Park), Ontario MLS® #29149258
Courtesy of KEVIN CHOU/FREEMAN REAL ESTATE LTD.
22 THOMSON Road
Simcoe, Ontario MLS® #29149304
Courtesy of DEZI GEBEL/COLDWELL BANKER BIG CREEK REALTY LTD. BROKERAGE
2302 - 11 BOGERT AVENUE
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29149342
Courtesy of PATRICK YUAN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
3 TUSCANY LANE
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29149361
Courtesy of DOUG HARRON/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
202 318 108th STREET W
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29149359
Courtesy of Cindy Eckart/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
42 BRUNSWICK STREET
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29149289
Courtesy of GURMEET SAIB/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
PH11 - 55 ANN O'REILLY ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29149305
Courtesy of JAMES NI/VILENSKY REALTY
533 - 20 MEADOWGLEN PLACE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29149254
Courtesy of TAHA BURHANI/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
3316 - 9 MABELLE AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29149324
Courtesy of SOPHIE TURNER/GOGREEN PROPERTY CONSULTING INC.
132 SANDY STREET
London South (South J), Ontario MLS® #29149329
Courtesy of AMIN CHEHADI/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
2313 - 50 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29149312
Courtesy of ANDY YOU/JDL REALTY INC.
285 CORNWALL RD
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #29148473
Courtesy of Byron J. Clark/NOW Real Estate Group
APT #3 - 728 VAUGHAN ROAD
Toronto (Oakwood Village), Ontario MLS® #29149015
Courtesy of JEREMY VIDAL/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
6010 - 30 SHORE BREEZE DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29149123
Courtesy of ARVINDER DHALIWAL/GATE REAL ESTATE INC.
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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