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
109 - 15B FORESTER CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29406078
Courtesy of Matt Love/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
503 - 2 FOREST HILL DOWNS
Toronto (Casa Loma), Ontario MLS® #29406201
Courtesy of JULIAN ANTHONY PUCCI/P2 REALTY INC.
1 - 435 GRACE STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29406206
Courtesy of LEONID KOTOV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3502 - 18 WATER WALK DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29406220
Courtesy of HUNG WING (TONY) HUI/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
13 FERRAGINE CRESCENT
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #29406225
Courtesy of TARUN KUMAR MEHRA/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
83 LAFLEUR DR
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29406256
Courtesy of Conor Salisbury/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
60 CENTRE STREET
Brampton (Brampton East), Ontario MLS® #29406244
Courtesy of MAUNIL SHAH/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
42 WEBB AVENUE
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29406263
Courtesy of WENDY EVELEIGH/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
316 - 816 LANSDOWNE AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29406237
Courtesy of ANTHONY TEODORO/HOMELIFE/CIMERMAN REAL ESTATE LIMITED
8225 PADDOCK TRAIL DRIVE
Niagara Falls (Ascot), Ontario MLS® #29406338
Courtesy of Kevin Gibson/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
3405 - 4130 PARKSIDE VILLAGE DRIVE
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #29406427
Courtesy of SATYA SARATHI DAS/CENTURY 21 PROPERTY ZONE REALTY INC.
42 COWLEY AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29406439
Courtesy of ADAM KORZENIEWSKI/RE/MAX EXPERTS
1127 J AVENUE S
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29406446
Courtesy of Dewayne Endicott/Realty Executives Saskatoon
28 - 9150 WILLOUGHBY DRIVE
Niagara Falls (Chippawa), Ontario MLS® #29406458
Courtesy of JON FLYNN/FLYNN REAL ESTATE INC.
552 FLORENCEDALE CRESCENT
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29406472
Courtesy of SEWA MORE/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
1411 - 4633 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29406434
Courtesy of KOSTA MICHAILIDIS/Century 21 Signature Service
669 Mill Bay Pl
Mill Bay, British Columbia MLS® #29406559
Courtesy of Brock Dupont/D.F.H. Real Estate Ltd. (CwnBy)
65 Bonavista Drive
Harrietsfield, Nova Scotia MLS® #29406410
Courtesy of Mandie Hamilton/Sutton Group Professional Realty
PH11 - 80 COE HILL DRIVE
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29406693
Courtesy of ERIK CALHOUN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
2084 - 65 GEORGE APPLETON WAY
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #29406686
Courtesy of GERALD MICHAUD/HOMELIFE/REALTY ONE LTD.
PH07 - 51 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29406357
Courtesy of STEPHANIE CHIDIAC/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
408 - 1 CARDIFF ROAD
Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #29406585
Courtesy of SHANNON SCALA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
2703 - 4968 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29406597
Courtesy of ZEESHAN ALI SUMAR/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1340 WHITEWATER LANE
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #29406883
Courtesy of PARAS .P. BHATIA/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
109 105 Gorge Rd E
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #29405842
Courtesy of Raeleigh Buchanan/DFH Real Estate Ltd.
Tregonning RD
Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, Ontario MLS® #29406314
Courtesy of Brian Whitley/Royal LePage® Northern Advantage
31 WALKER WAY
South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #29406294
Courtesy of KRISTA NORRISH/Royal LePage RCR Realty
418 ABERDEEN BOULEVARD
Midland, Ontario MLS® #29406491
Courtesy of CINDY MCQUIRTER-FAIRLEY/RE/MAX Georgian Bay Realty Ltd
83 Joan Drive
Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia MLS® #29406085
Courtesy of Arden Pickles/Exit Real Estate Professionals
411 - 50 MCCAUL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29406821
Courtesy of GNANENDRAN NARASINGHAM/REON HOMES REALTY INC.
150 Skaha Place Unit# 111
Penticton, British Columbia MLS® #29407090
Courtesy of Greg Hamm/Royal LePage Locations West
251 CONACHER DRIVE
Kingston (Rideau), Ontario MLS® #29407110
Courtesy of ERIN FINN/RE/MAX FINEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
10132 106 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29407177
Courtesy of Garth Vion/Grassroots Realty Group Ltd.
404 TEALBY CRESCENT
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29406910
Courtesy of LEE S. QUAILE/CHESTNUT PARK REALTY(SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO) LTD
76 BRENTWOOD AVENUE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29406908
Courtesy of JANETTE LYNN GRAF-KING/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
3564 FROST Road
Beamsville, Ontario MLS® #29406939
Courtesy of William Marlow/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
#42 108 Summerwood BV
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #29406895
Courtesy of Margarete Perrault/NOW Real Estate Group
5030 HARTWOOD AVENUE
Lincoln (Beamsville), Ontario MLS® #29406903
Courtesy of JOE COSENTINO/ROYAL LEPAGE STATE REALTY
91 CLEVELAND STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #29406004
Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/LPT REALTY
202 - 9973 KEELE STREET
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #29406124
Courtesy of JOHN DE CARVALHO/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY 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.
Get the life you’ve always wanted in Cabbagetown! Whether you’re looking for a place to call home or a home for your growing family, let the FreemanTeam® help you find the perfect place to live. Contact Freeman Real Estate, today and start living!
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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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