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.
1100 XAVIER STREET
Gravenhurst (Morrison), Ontario MLS® #29424695
Courtesy of MELISSA BRADBURY/Peryle Keye Real Estate Brokerage
2117 FALLINGBROOK Court
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29425573
Courtesy of Cathy Rocca/Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
PROP LOT 35 BROWN ROAD
Bridge Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29423976
Courtesy of Amanda Oldfield/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
2055 CHURCHILL AVENUE
Burlington (Freeman), Ontario MLS® #29424784
Courtesy of IAN CARRILLO/EXP REALTY
94 8130 136A STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29426482
Courtesy of Errol Palmares/Magsen Realty Inc.
32739 FRASER CRESCENT
Mission, British Columbia MLS® #29426177
Courtesy of Lovish Kalra/eXp Realty of Canada, Inc.
18318 HWY 7 HIGHWAY
Tay Valley, Ontario MLS® #29426172
Courtesy of Stephanie Mols/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
9 PLEASANT VALLEY DRIVE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Ballantrae), Ontario MLS® #29426242
Courtesy of SCHUREN SRISKANDARAJAH/HOMELIFE/FUTURE REALTY INC.
85 Keppoch Road
Stratford, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29426273
Courtesy of Tim Jackson/COLDWELL BANKER/PARKER REALTY
144 MANSFIELD Drive
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #29426278
Courtesy of Cliff Silveira/Keller Williams Edge Realty
2202 - 90 PARK LAWN ROAD
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29426280
Courtesy of JATIN PATHAK/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
BASEMENT - 340 TONELLI LANE
Milton (HA Harrison), Ontario MLS® #29426292
Courtesy of MARC BATTISTA/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
49 5323 Township Road 541A
Rural Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta MLS® #29426300
Courtesy of Sherelle Murray/The Good Real Estate Company
Bjornson Building
Big Quill Rm No. 308, Saskatchewan MLS® #29426329
Courtesy of Denette Bergquist/eXp Realty
332 BASE LINE ROAD W
London South (South D), Ontario MLS® #29426367
Courtesy of DENETTE NEWHAM/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP.
580 STRASBOURG STREET
Russell, Ontario MLS® #29426381
Courtesy of Trevor Mayhew/AVENUE NORTH REALTY INC.
301 McLeod Crescent
Diamond Valley, Alberta MLS® #29426398
Courtesy of Mackenzie Terrio/RE/MAX Complete Realty
3155 Webber Road
West Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29426406
Courtesy of Scott Jennings/RE/MAX Kelowna
74 TELFER ROAD
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29426413
Courtesy of HEATHER BLACKBURN/RE/MAX Four Seasons Realty Limited
30 HAMILTON Street S Unit# 213
Waterdown, Ontario MLS® #29426418
Courtesy of Drew Woolcott/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
314 HAWKRIDGE Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29426420
Courtesy of Alex Hill/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
64 46110 THOMAS ROAD|Vedder Crossing
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29426432
Courtesy of Anthony de Haan/Royal LePage Little Oak Realty
1901 - 77 HARBOUR SQUARE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29426444
Courtesy of GEOFFREY W. FULTON/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
336 - 39 QUEENS QUAY E
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29426456
Courtesy of WINSON YEUNG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1367 GULL CROSSING
Pickering (Bay Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29426463
Courtesy of MARCUS CHEVLI/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
71 SCARBOROUGH ROAD
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #29426468
Courtesy of AMANDA RIX/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
1035 METRO ROAD N
Georgina (Historic Lakeshore Communities), Ontario MLS® #29426487
Courtesy of WEI HWA/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
100 KERR BOULEVARD
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #29426494
Courtesy of ELISABETH CORREIA/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
35 ANDERSON PLACE
Aurora (Aurora Highlands), Ontario MLS® #29426499
Courtesy of CHAD MAREK/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
807 GANTON ROAD
Uxbridge, Ontario MLS® #29426502
Courtesy of PARKER BAILE/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
E1 B - 4300 STEELES AVENUE E
Markham (Milliken Mills East), Ontario MLS® #29426514
Courtesy of JUDY KWONG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
27 PETER STREET N
Orillia, Ontario MLS® #29426519
Courtesy of THERESA COULSON/SIMCOE HILLS REAL ESTATE INC.
103 SCHOONER Drive
Port Dover, Ontario MLS® #29425908
Courtesy of TRISH CONNORS/RE/MAX Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage
3160 BRITANNIA Road
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29425915
Courtesy of Walter Galvao/eXp Commercial Brokerage
15 Tuck Place
Clarenville, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29425941
Courtesy of Liam Leonard/RE/MAX Realty Specialists
4807 - 100 HARBOUR STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29425946
Courtesy of KEN YEUNG/CENTURY 21 KENNECT REALTY
1711 - 180 FRONT STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29425953
Courtesy of WENDY WANG/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
3307 - 88 SCOTT STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29425965
Courtesy of GISELA ASTRID SLOTNISKY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
20267 82B AVENUE
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #29425972
Courtesy of Darren Leffers/Royal LePage - Wolstencroft
1065 PISCES TRAIL
Pickering, Ontario MLS® #29425977
Courtesy of HALA MAHMASSANI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
10501 WOODBINE AVENUE
Markham (Cathedraltown), Ontario MLS® #29426002
Courtesy of CARRIE HO/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
53 MAPLE DRIVE
Orillia, Ontario MLS® #29426021
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
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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