Cabbagetown

Preserving Victorian Housing Architechture

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Cabbagetown is home to many artists, musicians, journalists, writers, lawyers, management consultants, and many other professionals.

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$2,175,000

2900 sqft

73 SUPERIOR Street

Devon, Alberta MLS® #29441052

Courtesy of Erin Holowach/ComFree

1400 sqft

4807 44 Ave

Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474

Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate

4000 sqft

7210 144 Avenue

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29357892

Courtesy of Taleb Choucair/REMAX River City

1320 sqft

1234 Not disclosed

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29232876

Courtesy of Pankaj Dua/MaxWell Polaris

$449,900

1 beds 2 baths 1060 sqft

3739 Casorso Road Unit# 101

Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29454225

Courtesy of Mike Mychalyshyn/Unison Jane Hoffman Realty

$499,999

2 beds 2 baths 600 sqft

7202 - 55 COOPER STREET

Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29460719

Courtesy of JAMES LI/SMART SOLD REALTY

$2,150

1 beds 1 baths 500 sqft

2622 - 20 EDWARD STREET

Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29460721

Courtesy of DANIEL TANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY

$7,800

5 beds 5 baths 3000 sqft

605 UNSWORTH AVENUE

Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #29460740

Courtesy of KAREN YUAN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.

$450,000

3 beds 1 baths 1000 sqft

107 - 45 HANSEN ROAD N

Brampton (Madoc), Ontario MLS® #29460745

Courtesy of SHEETAL VYAS/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.

$1,999,000

4 beds 5 baths 1500 sqft

397 MAPLE LEAF DRIVE

Toronto (Maple Leaf), Ontario MLS® #29460769

Courtesy of SONIA WANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

$1,150,000

4 beds 2 baths 1100 sqft

234 MAPLE LEAF DRIVE

Toronto (Rustic), Ontario MLS® #29460771

Courtesy of SONIA WANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

$3,900

4 beds 2 baths 2000 sqft

12 PRATT CIRCLE

Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29460734

Courtesy of WILLIAM WENQIANG LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.

$1,494,000

7 beds 6 baths 3000 sqft

25 SELSDON STREET

Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29460739

Courtesy of SEEMA KUMAR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.

$2,800

2 beds 2 baths 700 sqft

503 - 155 LEGION ROAD N

Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29460741

Courtesy of OLENA KUKURUDZA/SKYBOUND REALTY

$5,500

16A - 25 LOWER SIMCOE STREET

Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29460722

Courtesy of JOSHUA CHAIT/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.

$3,500

2 beds 2 baths 1100 sqft

9740 KEELE STREET

Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #29460735

Courtesy of DANIEL TANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY

$1,398,000

6 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

110 THATCHER CRESCENT

East Gwillimbury, Ontario MLS® #29460728

Courtesy of SAEED NEZAMI-TAFRESHI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

$588,000

3 beds 2 baths 900 sqft

92 - 37 FOUR WINDS DRIVE

Toronto (York University Heights), Ontario MLS® #29460742

Courtesy of BEN TSIRLIN/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.

$339,900

2 beds 2 baths 1000 sqft

101 - 285 QUEENS AVENUE

London East (East F), Ontario MLS® #29460711

Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY

$370,000

2 beds 1 baths 900 sqft

1201 - 5949 YONGE STREET S

Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29460716

Courtesy of SHANA MIRSHAHI/CANADA GEM REALTY INC.

$648,000

2 beds 2 baths 700 sqft

9 - 11 ELDORA AVENUE

Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29460723

Courtesy of KATHY HOSSEINALI SAMIEI/HOMELIFE CLASSIC REALTY INC.

$399,000

2 beds 2 baths 700 sqft

2231 GLEN BROOK DRIVE

Cornwall, Ontario MLS® #29460709

Courtesy of KATIE BELLSMITH/RE/MAX AFFILIATES MARQUIS LTD.

$649,900

3 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

304 GOLDRIDGE DRIVE

Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29460724

Courtesy of Heidi Mohtat/EXP REALTY

$1,650

1 beds 1 baths 1500 sqft

83 FORMOSA DRIVE

Richmond Hill (Rouge Woods), Ontario MLS® #29460731

Courtesy of FRIDA MOHEBBI KORDSOFLA/SMART SOLD REALTY

$4,500,000

6 beds 4 baths 2500 sqft

27 SCOTT CRESCENT

King (King City), Ontario MLS® #29460736

Courtesy of MARIA ONGARO/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.

$1,238,000

5 beds 4 baths 2500 sqft

32 CHEROKEE ROAD

London North (North A), Ontario MLS® #29460712

Courtesy of PATRICIA BROADHURST/THE REALTY FIRM INC.

$1,395,000

7 beds 4 baths 4078 sqft

32758 LIGHTBODY STREET

Mission, British Columbia MLS® #29460200

Courtesy of Vee Rangah/LPT Realty

$639,900

5 beds 3 baths 2438 sqft

53 Blackbird Bend

Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta MLS® #29460414

Courtesy of Himanshu Kolte/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate

$1,350,000

2 beds 2 baths 790 sqft

200 BLOOR Street W Unit# 1802

Toronto, Ontario MLS® #29460774

Courtesy of Xia bing Zhang/1st Sunshine Realty Inc.

$419,900

5 beds 2 baths 1088 sqft

8716 137 AV NW

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29460786

Courtesy of Amit Patel/MaxWell Polaris

$949,900

4 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

253 MINNIE STREET

Thames Centre, Ontario MLS® #29460713

Courtesy of BRAD HOWARD/RE/MAX ICON REALTY

$1,700,000

3 beds 2 baths 1100 sqft

106 JOHNSTON AVENUE

Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29460718

Courtesy of ARIFUR RAHMAN SHOHEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD

$2,550

2 beds 1 baths 700 sqft

2602 - 75 QUEENS WHARF ROAD

Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29460720

Courtesy of KATRINA CHU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.

$3,899,000

6 beds 7 baths 3500 sqft

2 GLENRIDGE DRIVE

Markham (Devil's Elbow), Ontario MLS® #29460732

Courtesy of Catherine Fang/HC REALTY GROUP INC.

$1,049,000

6 beds 3 baths 1500 sqft

10 SUNDRIDGE DRIVE

Toronto (Clairlea-Birchmount), Ontario MLS® #29460725

Courtesy of ARIFUR RAHMAN SHOHEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD

$2,498,000

6 beds 5 baths 2000 sqft

2090 STONEHOUSE CRESCENT

Mississauga (Sheridan), Ontario MLS® #29460744

Courtesy of COURTNEY NICOLE KERSTEN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

$2,100

1 beds 1 baths 600 sqft

1604 - 35 KINGSBRIDGE GARDEN CIRCLE

Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29460768

Courtesy of MAGGIE CHEN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.

$749,900

3 beds 2 baths 1200 sqft

34 - 6449 GLEN ERIN DRIVE

Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #29460651

Courtesy of JACK LUAN/REAL HOME CANADA REALTY INC.

$2,700

2 beds 1 baths 600 sqft

3608 - 42 CHARLES STREET E

Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29454957

Courtesy of KATRINA CHU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.

$888,000

3 beds 2 baths 1100 sqft

42 ROUGECREST DRIVE

Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #29454964

Courtesy of LUSI LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.

$1,800

1 beds 1 baths

3505 - 8 INTERCHANGE WAY

Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29454971

Courtesy of NOANNE CHEN/MEHOME REALTY (ONTARIO) INC.

$2,950

3 beds 2 baths 700 sqft

UPPER - 2838 KINGSBERRY CRESCENT

Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29454976

Courtesy of JANICE ZHANG/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.

$505,000

2 beds 1 baths 500 sqft

1306 - 50 ANN O'REILLY ROAD

Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29454988

Courtesy of CALEB CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.

$3,650

2 beds 2 baths 800 sqft

622 - 33 MILL STREET

Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29454990

Courtesy of MICHAEL SIDNEY SKROBACKY/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY

$11.7/sqft

2 baths 1623 sqft

202 - 620 ALDEN ROAD

Markham (Milliken Mills West), Ontario MLS® #29455001

Courtesy of BIN JI/MASTER'S CHOICE REALTY INC.

$1,199,900

4 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

14 SANDRINGHAM CIRCLE

Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #29455006

Courtesy of JUSTIN JAMES WALL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.

$489,900

3 beds 2 baths 1070 sqft

4880 Highway 2

Wellington, Nova Scotia MLS® #29455049

Courtesy of Kim MacLeod/Royal LePage Atlantic (Enfield)

$599,900

3 beds 3 baths 3928 sqft

36 Seaview Drive

Gabarus Village, Nova Scotia MLS® #29455051

Courtesy of Heather Grant/Coldwell Banker Boardwalk Realty

$893,300

2 beds 2 baths 1435 sqft

33 WELLINGTON Street S

Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Ontario MLS® #29455056

Courtesy of MARC ARMSTRONG/Peak Realty Ltd.

$437,000

3 beds 1 baths 700 sqft

28 CHANTAL COURT

Welland (Lincoln/Crowland), Ontario MLS® #29455070

Courtesy of Dwight Howe/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY

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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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