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.
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
#202 205 Jennifer Heilway
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #30167519
Courtesy of Rakesh Chadha/Logic Realty
121 White Oak DR
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #30231903
Courtesy of James Caicco/Century 21 Choice Realty Inc.
308 FREURE Drive
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30242574
Courtesy of Samantha Ramos/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
649 UPPER DWYER HILL ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30242598
Courtesy of Melissa Hamilton/INNOVATION REALTY LTD.
72 WOODMAN'S CHART
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30242620
Courtesy of EDWARD XIN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
311 - 330 RED MAPLE ROAD
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #30242625
Courtesy of HANSEL CHEUNG/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
22 MONTERREY DRIVE
Toronto (Thistletown-Beaumonde Heights), Ontario MLS® #30242637
Courtesy of ELVIS PAUL KMET/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1673 TESLIN COURT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30242649
Courtesy of Wayne Clermont/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
504 - 35 EMPRESS AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30242656
Courtesy of EDWARD NG/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
2 WINTERBERRY DRIVE
Markham (Legacy), Ontario MLS® #30242663
Courtesy of LAURA CORMAGGI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
151 - 1005 DUNDAS STREET E
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30242668
Courtesy of ALEX LAU/Multidoor Realty
403 - 150 SUDBURY STREET
Toronto (Little Portugal), Ontario MLS® #30242601
Courtesy of SANDRA SOLDERA/EXP REALTY
14 - 172 CLONMORE DRIVE
Toronto (Birchcliffe-Cliffside), Ontario MLS® #30242613
Courtesy of PAVEL SHAGANENKO/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
903 - 3420 EGLINTON AVENUE E
Toronto (Scarborough Village), Ontario MLS® #30242618
Courtesy of PENG GAO/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
1016 - 40 HOMEWOOD AVENUE
Toronto (Cabbagetown-South St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30242651
Courtesy of WAYNE XU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
15 PRINCE ALBERT Boulevard Unit# 309
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30242575
Courtesy of Samantha Ramos/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
6 - 1815 FAIRPORT ROAD
Pickering (Dunbarton), Ontario MLS® #30242619
Courtesy of YUBIN HUANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
180 JACK PINE ROAD
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30242621
Courtesy of BRAM JONATHAN ZEIDENBERG/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
3191 RENTON ROAD
Burlington (Headon), Ontario MLS® #30242638
Courtesy of EDWARD XIN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
103 BLACKBIRD CIRCLE
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30242645
Courtesy of KHALID ZAFFAR/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
2031 DUNCAN ROAD
Oakville (FD Ford), Ontario MLS® #30242657
Courtesy of PETER HE/Re/Max Hallmark Realty Ltd.
88 CAMBRIDGE CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (South Richvale), Ontario MLS® #30242664
Courtesy of LAURA CORMAGGI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
1211 - 33 SINGER COURT
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30242602
Courtesy of RICK WOOYEONG KIM/RETREND REALTY LTD
203 - 5 ST. JOSEPH STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30242607
Courtesy of Ena Kim/RETREND REALTY LTD
UNIT F - 72 JONES AVENUE
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #30242614
Courtesy of PAVEL SHAGANENKO/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
2115 - 6 FLAVELLE TRAIL
Vaughan (Steeles West Industrial), Ontario MLS® #30242626
Courtesy of Muhammad Rashid/ZOLO REALTY
66 PARK HILL ROAD E
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30242669
Courtesy of LYNNE DUFF/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
3 MONTAGUE PLACE
Toronto (Steeles), Ontario MLS® #30242658
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
41 ANGUS DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #30242608
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
41 BRUCEWOOD CRESCENT
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #30242610
Courtesy of XUANZHE YANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2 - 2038 DANFORTH AVENUE
Toronto (Danforth), Ontario MLS® #30242615
Courtesy of PAVEL SHAGANENKO/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
4 FOREST RUN BOULEVARD
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30242622
Courtesy of INNA PAK/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
19 WILLIAM LOGAN DRIVE
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #30242627
Courtesy of BOBBY GAN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
2429 WHALEY WHALEY DRIVE
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #30242641
Courtesy of ERNIE ARRIZZA/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
102 JUDSON STREET
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30242639
Courtesy of SOL YASIN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
175 ESTELLE AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30242653
Courtesy of VICTORIA MAKHNIN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
12 SAUNDERS LANE
Markham (Aileen-Willowbrook), Ontario MLS® #30242660
Courtesy of ANNIE VARBEDIAN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
22 HARDING STREET
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #30242665
Courtesy of EKUA BAMFO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
224 KING STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30242604
Courtesy of RICK WOOYEONG KIM/RETREND REALTY LTD
97 TOURMALINE DRIVE
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #30242611
Courtesy of ADA CHEN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
32 ORCHARD PARK DRIVE
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #30242616
Courtesy of PAVEL SHAGANENKO/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
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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