3303 70 Avenue
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor 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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
120 AKINS DR
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29528632
Courtesy of Nick D. Dennis/Homes & Gardens Real Estate Limited
2303 - 825 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #29528606
Courtesy of HELEN CHU/RE/MAX CONDOS PLUS CORPORATION
728 - 188 FAIRVIEW MALL DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #29528601
Courtesy of KRISTY CHEN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
619 - 7 SMITH CRESCENT
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29528613
Courtesy of VICTOR ALVAREZ/RE/MAX CONDOS PLUS CORPORATION
LOWER - 1 KENNETH ROSS BEND
East Gwillimbury (Sharon), Ontario MLS® #29528618
Courtesy of YANN LIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
1506 - 28 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29528620
Courtesy of BRUCE ZHAO/EASTIDE REALTY
244 DEERFOX DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29528587
Courtesy of Jatinder Saini/AVENUE NORTH REALTY INC.
1306 - 31 TIPPETT ROAD
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #29528602
Courtesy of FRANCIS VOO/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
1402 - 168 KING ST EAST STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29528607
Courtesy of DONNIE ALOISI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
BSMT - 684 CEREMONIAL DRIVE
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29528614
Courtesy of RAMNEET GADI/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
119 GAUGUIN AVENUE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29528619
Courtesy of GARY K SUN/POWER 7 REALTY
10 - 2499 RUTHERFORD ROAD
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29528621
Courtesy of BRIAN THOMSON/SKYBOUND REALTY
UPPER - 28 COLLINS CRESCENT
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #29528610
Courtesy of KRISTY CHEN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
1401 - 1 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29528608
Courtesy of BONNIE BO LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
238 NAUTICAL BOULEVARD
Oakville (BR Bronte), Ontario MLS® #29528615
Courtesy of SOPHIA HUANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
1602 - 133 TORRESDALE AVENUE
Toronto (Westminster-Branson), Ontario MLS® #29528604
Courtesy of FUAD ABASOV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
62 FRANK KELLY DRIVE
East Gwillimbury (Holland Landing), Ontario MLS® #29528611
Courtesy of JENNY TING/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
300 LETT STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29528616
Courtesy of Catherine Power/CENTURY 21 SYNERGY REALTY INC.
180 UNION STREET W
Centre Wellington (Fergus), Ontario MLS® #29528623
Courtesy of JIM BOWMAN/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc
180 UNION Street W
Fergus, Ontario MLS® #29528554
Courtesy of Jim Bowman/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
412 - 28 WELLESLEY STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29528600
Courtesy of KEVIN HOU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
462 - 121 LOWER SHERBOURNE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29528605
Courtesy of GAIL SONG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
121 CONSERVATION WAY
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29526112
Courtesy of LISA BUGLER/Royal LePage Locations North
216 Oakridge Place SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29526256
Courtesy of Prabhjeet Kainth/TREC The Real Estate Company
1400, 200 Lougheed Drive
Fort McMurray, Alberta MLS® #29526302
Courtesy of SUZANNE ANDERSON/RE/MAX Connect
102, 4912 46 Street
Camrose, Alberta MLS® #29526307
Courtesy of Lisa Rohr/RE/MAX Real Estate (Edmonton) Ltd.
9 PARKDALE DRIVE
Thorold (Thorold Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29526528
Courtesy of EMILY BARRY/EXP REALTY
27 LORNE STREET
St. Catharines (E. Chester), Ontario MLS® #29526910
Courtesy of Jerry Hendriks/RE/MAX HENDRIKS TEAM REALTY
4841 56th Avenue
High Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29526965
Courtesy of Jason Shewchuk/Grassroots Realty Group - High Prairie
3202 9th AVENUE N
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29526991
Courtesy of Brent Ackerman/Brent Ackerman Realty Ltd.
948 MILFORD DRIVE
Kingston (North of Taylor-Kidd Blvd), Ontario MLS® #29527021
Courtesy of GAIL POWER/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
19 Summer Hill Place
Upper Onslow, Nova Scotia MLS® #29527071
Courtesy of Danielle Johnson/Keller Williams Select Realty (Truro)
218 Ash STREET E
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29527146
Courtesy of Philippe Chagnon Real Estate P.C. Inc./Coldwell Banker Signature
48 ALMA STREET S
Haldimand, Ontario MLS® #29525563
Courtesy of DARREN PAPINEAU/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
15 1436 FROST ROAD|Columbia Valley
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29525570
Courtesy of Jordan Nicol/Century 21 Creekside Realty (Luckakuck)
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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