8 Cedar Lane
Springdale, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #28660868
Courtesy of Janice Kearley/Keller Williams Platinum Realty - Grand Falls
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.
2602 - 1 YORKVILLE AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #28744225
Courtesy of HELEN HUANG/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
707 - 900 MT PLEASANT ROAD
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #28744631
Courtesy of SHAWN RADVANYI/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
56 HAYWARD CRESCENT
Guelph (Clairfields/Hanlon Business Park), Ontario MLS® #28744491
Courtesy of HUDSON SMITH/Coldwell Banker Neumann Real Estate
414 - 3009 NOVAR ROAD
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #28744249
Courtesy of JACK LIU/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
415 Downie Street
Revelstoke, British Columbia MLS® #28745456
Courtesy of Gerald Walsh/Century 21 Purcell Realty Ltd
101 BOISVERT STREET
Bonfield, Ontario MLS® #28744578
Courtesy of ANTHONY FALCIONI/Century 21 Blue Sky Region Realty Inc., Brokerage
10211 125 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #28745463
Courtesy of Kyal Webber/Grassroots Realty Group Ltd.
216 CUBITT STREET
Clearview (Stayner), Ontario MLS® #28745564
Courtesy of FERRO PAYMAN/RE/MAX EXPERTS
169 ANDREW STREET
South Huron (Exeter), Ontario MLS® #28745569
Courtesy of LEANNE COMEAU/Coldwell Banker Dawnflight Realty, Brokerage
6783 GERRIE ROAD
Centre Wellington, Ontario MLS® #28745571
Courtesy of SCOTT COULING/Keller Williams Home Group Realty
89 DOYLE DRIVE
Guelph (Clairfields/Hanlon Business Park), Ontario MLS® #28744422
Courtesy of OWEN WHITE/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
246 Auld CRESCENT
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #28745420
Courtesy of Ashley Turner/Century 21 Fusion
3408 Jordan DRIVE
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan MLS® #28745418
Courtesy of Joel Senko/RE/MAX P.A. Realty
2073 HAMBLY LANE
Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #28744395
Courtesy of MARISA QUINTAL/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
10954 67 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #28745216
Courtesy of Shane Simms/Sutton Group Grande Prairie Professionals
583 MOIRA STREET
Tweed (Tweed (Village)), Ontario MLS® #28745141
Courtesy of Roxee Morden/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
99 Havilland Shores DR
Havilland, Ontario MLS® #28745393
Courtesy of Logan Scarr/Exit Realty True North
566 6 Street NE
Medicine Hat, Alberta MLS® #28745259
Courtesy of JONNY SEITZ/ROYAL LEPAGE COMMUNITY REALTY
1695 TREFFRY Place
Summerland, British Columbia MLS® #28745362
Courtesy of Heidi Harbinson/Chamberlain Property Group
125 EDWARDS STREET
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #28744573
Courtesy of Michel Desnoyers/RE/MAX DELTA REALTY
2803 - 357 KING STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #28744629
Courtesy of TIAN GAO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
411 - 2 AUGUSTA AVENUE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #28745242
Courtesy of GIAN RANDAZZO/HOMELIFE/ROMANO REALTY LTD.
LOT 2 ESIG LANE
Lake of Bays (Sinclair), Ontario MLS® #28745146
Courtesy of TREVOR DOCHERTY/Sutton Group Muskoka Realty Inc.
15 VIEL STREET
Penetanguishene, Ontario MLS® #28744662
Courtesy of BRIAN FOCKLER/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
277 SAULSBURY STREET
Strathroy-Caradoc (NW), Ontario MLS® #28744458
Courtesy of STACEY LANDSTRA/PLATINUM KEY REALTY INC.
3136 LEMAY CIRCLE
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #28745090
Courtesy of Alyssa Wanamaker/EXIT REALTY MATRIX
40 Aberdeen Avenue Unit#106
St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #28744403
Courtesy of KEITH BRADBURY/RE/MAX Realty Specialists
133 Conrads Road
Hubbards, Nova Scotia MLS® #28745398
Courtesy of Hayley Thomas/Royal LePage Atlantic
15 Everest Street
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #28746144
Courtesy of Justin Penney/3% Realty East Coast
1772 156A STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #28744751
Courtesy of Gurmeet Gill/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
3805 30 Avenue Unit# 112
Vernon, British Columbia MLS® #28745261
Courtesy of Beate Schmidt/RE/MAX Vernon
216W - 10 GATINEAU DRIVE
Vaughan (Beverley Glen), Ontario MLS® #28745266
Courtesy of DANIEL GRUZ/PROPERTY.CA INC.
37 ST GASPAR COURT
Toronto (Humber Summit), Ontario MLS® #28745336
Courtesy of FADI MICHEL MELHEM/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
41 - 1121 ARMOUR ROAD
Peterborough East (North), Ontario MLS® #28745292
Courtesy of MARA COOK/CENTURY 21 UNITED REALTY INC.
1544 Marina Way
Nanoose Bay, British Columbia MLS® #28745386
Courtesy of Laura Solowoniuk/460 Realty Inc. (QU)
2224 MOULDSTADE ROAD
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #28745191
Courtesy of JD Puri/Royal LePage Global Force Realty
12196 RTE 6|Victoria St. E
Margate, Prince Edward Island MLS® #28746081
Courtesy of Christine McAleer/COLDWELL BANKER/PARKER REALTY HUNTER RIVER
107 - 3009 NOVAR ROAD
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #28745862
Courtesy of SHIVAM MALHOTRA/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
33182 CHERRY AVENUE
Mission, British Columbia MLS® #28744946
Courtesy of Shinder Gill/Royal LePage Little Oak Realty
9823 80 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #28746757
Courtesy of Dorianne Mark/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
108 ASHPARK CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #28745999
Courtesy of Jun Yu/COLDWELL BANKER SARAZEN REALTY
2610 - 898 PORTAGE PARKWAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #28745785
Courtesy of GIAN RANDAZZO/HOMELIFE/ROMANO REALTY LTD.
19 BRANTWOOD DRIVE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #28746341
Courtesy of BOB ODANOVIC/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY 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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