3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
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.
LOWER - 197 LANCASTER AVENUE
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #30490964
Courtesy of STEVEN KU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
213 ELMWOOD AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30490945
Courtesy of SUE ZHANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
301A, 4520 51 Street
Vermilion, Alberta MLS® #30491102
Courtesy of Alex Pashulka/RE/MAX PRAIRIE REALTY
19 BALDWIN Street Unit# 201
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #30491001
Courtesy of JAY FRIESEN/Hewitt Jancsar Realty Ltd.
19 AMBER DRIVE
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #30491044
Courtesy of RASHIKA DAVID/RE/MAX By The Bay Brokerage
547 MONTRAVE AVENUE
Oshawa (Vanier), Ontario MLS® #30491051
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
2811 CONSTABLE ROAD
Mississauga (Clarkson), Ontario MLS® #30491138
Courtesy of TED S GEMZA/SUTTON GROUP OLD MILL REALTY INC.
5548 Union Highway
River Ryan, Nova Scotia MLS® #30491152
Courtesy of Margo Whitman/Century 21 Optimum Realty
81 - 205 CARLYLE DRIVE
London East (East I), Ontario MLS® #30491164
Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
1505 - 385 WINSTON ROAD
Grimsby (Grimsby Beach), Ontario MLS® #30491210
Courtesy of YASIR SALEH/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
10 3 Street SE
Redcliff, Alberta MLS® #30491068
Courtesy of SHAUNEEN VANDERHAM/RE/MAX MEDALTA REAL ESTATE
149 WILLOWBROOK DRIVE
Welland (West Welland), Ontario MLS® #30491087
Courtesy of Nikolas Canjar/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
1904 - 65 ONEIDA CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #30491099
Courtesy of TONY HYUNG IL KIM/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
801 - 1615 BLOOR STREET
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #30491107
Courtesy of TONY WHITEHOUSE/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
15 Chalet Crescent
Brooklyn, Nova Scotia MLS® #30491114
Courtesy of Taylor Shields/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
4101 - 7890 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30491070
Courtesy of RAYMOND KWONG/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
353 HINCKS DRIVE
Milton (CL Clarke), Ontario MLS® #30491328
Courtesy of RAY HANNA/iCloud Realty Ltd.
1203 - 770 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30491126
Courtesy of MADIHA KHAN/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
1530 Pacific Cres
French Creek, British Columbia MLS® #30491133
Courtesy of Ruby Youngman/Royal LePage Island Living (PK)
107 - 896 EGLINTON AVENUE E
Toronto (Leaside), Ontario MLS® #30491183
Courtesy of NICOLE NOSWORTHY/Infinite Real Estate
1207 ADAMSON DR SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30491195
Courtesy of Wendy D. Zrubak-Russill/Royal Lepage Premier Real Estate
LOWER - 18 ANTWERP STREET
St. Catharines (Western Hill), Ontario MLS® #30491208
Courtesy of RISHABH GANDHI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
5581 WHEATLAND COURT
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #30491253
Courtesy of MATTHEW VIOLO/Royal LePage Real Estate Associates
15 Edgewood Drive
Stewartdale, Nova Scotia MLS® #30491272
Courtesy of Sara Keyes/RE/MAX Nova (Enfield)
1404 - 60 COLBORNE STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30491289
Courtesy of RAVI PATEL/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
5110 E FAIRVIEW Street Unit# 28
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30491291
Courtesy of John Fernando/HOMELIFE MIRACLE REALTY MISSISSAUGA
704, 1123 13 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30491215
Courtesy of Mary Dascollas/Royal LePage Benchmark
93 ATHERTON AVENUE
Ajax (Northwest Ajax), Ontario MLS® #30491246
Courtesy of NIGEL MOHAN/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
229 - 165 CHEROKEE BOULEVARD
Toronto (Pleasant View), Ontario MLS® #30491239
Courtesy of DERRICK PENG/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
531 MOCKRIDGE TRAIL
Milton (HA Harrison), Ontario MLS® #30491323
Courtesy of TAHIR NASIR AHMAD/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
618 - 101 JOHN STREET N
Hamilton (Beasley), Ontario MLS® #30491330
Courtesy of JENNIE LIM/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
1031 SHANNY BEAR LANE
Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #30491316
Courtesy of Manon Vaillancourt/COLDWELL BANKER SETTLEMENT REALTY
314 - 90 NIAGARA STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30491361
Courtesy of CHRISTOPHER WORTH/ROYAL LEPAGE SUPREME REALTY
23 - 1867 KINGSTON ROAD E
Pickering (Village East), Ontario MLS® #30491366
Courtesy of KAMALDEEP SAGAR/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
235 - 2 ORCHARD HEIGHTS BOULEVARD
Aurora (Hills of St Andrew), Ontario MLS® #30491373
Courtesy of JENNIFER DI PAOLO/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
43 BRETHET HEIGHTS
New Tecumseth, Ontario MLS® #30491429
Courtesy of Kartik Batra/THE CANADIAN HOME REALTY INC.
965 OLD GLASS ROAD
Chatham-Kent (Wallaceburg), Ontario MLS® #30491443
Courtesy of MARIAM DANUN/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
4 CHERRY BLOSSOM HEIGHTS
Hamilton (Sheldon), Ontario MLS® #30491448
Courtesy of VIBI TRIEU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
719 - 5858 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30491359
Courtesy of JUN BAE/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
PRIVATE BEDROOM - 262 MONTICELLO AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30491450
Courtesy of ARJIT KAPILA/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
715 1628 Store St
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #30491032
Courtesy of Ainsley Gower/Oakwyn Realty Ltd.
# 811 - 260 SACKVILLE STREET
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #30491525
Courtesy of FAYEZ TARZI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
124 CASABEL DRIVE
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #30491532
Courtesy of ABID MAQSOOD/RE/MAX PREMIER 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.
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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