8671 GALWAY CRESCENT
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29180209
Courtesy of Gurdev Dhillon/Royal LePage Global Force 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.
2 - 87 IRWIN ROAD
Toronto (Elms-Old Rexdale), Ontario MLS® #29180280
Courtesy of ADRIENNE N ANNETT/RED HOUSE REALTY
#209 530 WATT BV SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29180317
Courtesy of Delaney Pater/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
120 WESTHEIGHTS Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29180622
Courtesy of ANURAG SHARMA/RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.
1850 PUNTZI AIRPORT ROAD
Williams Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29180677
Courtesy of Janette Rennie/Royal LePage Interior Properties
199 TIMBERWALK TRAIL
Middlesex Centre (Ilderton), Ontario MLS® #29180723
Courtesy of ANTHONY ROACH/NU-VISTA PRIMELINE REALTY INC.
513 5221 Nora Bernard Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #29180747
Courtesy of Jonathan Khoury/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
53 WIMBLEDON ROAD
Guelph (Willow West/Sugarbush/West Acres), Ontario MLS® #29180773
Courtesy of KYLE WOODS/Trilliumwest Real Estate Brokerage
3401 - 395 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29180932
Courtesy of Roy Feng/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
20 PALMVALLEY DR DRIVE
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #29180937
Courtesy of JAGDISH KUMAR/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
10205 103 Avenue
Lac La Biche, Alberta MLS® #29181132
Courtesy of BONNIE CADIEUX-PIQUETTE/RE/MAX LA BICHE REALTY
2310, 402 Kincora Glen Road NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29181187
Courtesy of Julie Vesuwalla/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
3356 REXWAY DRIVE
Burlington (Roseland), Ontario MLS® #29181264
Courtesy of ADAM LEMPKA/ROYAL LEPAGE BURLOAK REAL ESTATE SERVICES
4508 - 89 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29181322
Courtesy of DANIEL KIM/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
707 - 8 WATER WALK DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29179353
Courtesy of ROCKY KANG/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
614 - 412 SILVER MAPLE ROAD
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29179360
Courtesy of ALEX LEE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3325 TAHA GARDENS
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29179389
Courtesy of NING YIN/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
27 - 20 SOUTHVALE ROAD
St. Marys, Ontario MLS® #29179404
Courtesy of MARIA WALSH/RE/MAX A-B Realty Ltd
110 NELSON Street E
Port Dover, Ontario MLS® #29179411
Courtesy of DARRYL SWARTS/RE/MAX ERIE SHORES REALTY INC. BROKERAGE
624 DEVONSHIRE AVENUE
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #29179466
Courtesy of Katherine Clarke/Revel Realty Inc Brokerage
33 Dunkirk Street
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29179473
Courtesy of Chloe Costa/KELLER WILLIAMS SELECT REALTY
174 WILLIAM Street Unit# 2
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29179788
Courtesy of Maxine Theresa Lobban/EXP REALTY
3710 - 108 PETER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29179834
Courtesy of SANGWOO SHON/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
UPPER - 54 MCNAIRN AVENUE
Toronto (Bedford Park-Nortown), Ontario MLS® #29179841
Courtesy of MITRA KARAMI/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
302 - 19 REGENCY CRESCENT
Whitby (Downtown Whitby), Ontario MLS® #29179853
Courtesy of KATELYN FULTON/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
60 BOBOLINK Street
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29179891
Courtesy of Visalinh Saythavy/Stonemill Realty Inc.
2050 Summit Drive Unit# 210
Panorama, British Columbia MLS® #29179896
Courtesy of David Jenkins/MaxWell Rockies Realty
600 COLBORNE STREET E
Whitby (Downtown Whitby), Ontario MLS® #29179904
Courtesy of KEVIN THOMPSON/ROYAL LEPAGE FRANK REAL ESTATE
6 (LOT 33) SULLIVAN STREET
South Huron (Stephen), Ontario MLS® #29179909
Courtesy of CHRISTINE CRNCICH/TEAM GLASSER REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INC.
553 PHARO POINT
Milton (WI Willmott), Ontario MLS® #29179916
Courtesy of KHANSAA SALEH ABDUL BAKI/HOMELIFE/RESPONSE REALTY INC.
4909 HOLBORN ROAD
East Gwillimbury, Ontario MLS® #29180139
Courtesy of YIMEI WANG/RE/MAX ELITE REAL ESTATE
(BASEMENT) - 4 TREWARTHA CRESCENT
Brampton (Heart Lake West), Ontario MLS® #29179480
Courtesy of KEN DHADIAL/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
UPPER - 733 COAST CIRCLE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29179485
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
5 SULGRAVE CRESCENT
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29179505
Courtesy of PATRICIA SUN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
167 John ST
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29179512
Courtesy of Jim Clemente/Remax Sault Ste. Marie Realty 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.
25 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 1014
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29179543
Courtesy of TIM BOLTON/CONDO CULTURE, BROKERAGE
552 MELVILLE AVENUE
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #29179550
Courtesy of CANDY ZHOU/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
1293 Highway 358
Port Williams, Nova Scotia MLS® #29179562
Courtesy of Mark Merrin/Royal LePage Atlantic - Valley(Windsor)
38 KENT STREET
St. Catharines (Western Hill), Ontario MLS® #29179567
Courtesy of AMAN KAPOOR/CENTURY 21 MILLENNIUM 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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