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.
1906 - 20 BRUYERES MEWS
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30441897
Courtesy of ZHOU LU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
326 - 3 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30441898
Courtesy of STEPHY LIU/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
2608 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #30441901
Courtesy of AMY LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
13 SAGE MEADOW CRESCENT
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #30441907
Courtesy of JAS GILL/RE/MAX EXCELLENCE REAL ESTATE
116 ECHOVALLEY DRIVE
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #30441902
Courtesy of LADAN KATOUZIAN/ROYALTY PLUS REALTY CORP.
3025 - 400 KING STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30441896
Courtesy of KELLY SHEN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
4618 TURNER SQUARE SQ NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30441911
Courtesy of Danny Wong/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
422 - 2490 OLD BRONTE ROAD
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #30441006
Courtesy of MICHELLE GARRICK/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
1517 - 86 DUNDAS STREET E
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #30440952
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
KM 57 Christian Valley Road Lot# 4
Westbridge, British Columbia MLS® #30441385
Courtesy of Mathew Lewis/RE/MAX Wine Capital Realty
KM 57 Christian Valley Road Lot# 3
Westbridge, British Columbia MLS® #30441354
Courtesy of Mathew Lewis/RE/MAX Wine Capital Realty
38 3614 KALUM STREET
Terrace, British Columbia MLS® #30440919
Courtesy of Dawn Monsen/RE/MAX Coast Mountains
3145 2600 Ferguson Rd
Central Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30440717
Courtesy of Mariann Abram/Pemberton Holmes Ltd - Sidney
915 - 33 EMPRESS AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30440729
Courtesy of EMMA ZHAO/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
501219 GREY ROAD 1 ROAD
Georgian Bluffs, Ontario MLS® #30440692
Courtesy of DAVID GUO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
217 SILVERSTONE CR
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #30441140
Courtesy of Katie Crawford/RE/MAX PREFERRED CHOICE
102 - 475 BRAMALEA ROAD
Brampton (Southgate), Ontario MLS® #30440995
Courtesy of KAILASH SHARMA/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
1466 FARMSTEAD DRIVE
Milton (FO Ford), Ontario MLS® #30440870
Courtesy of KAMIL SHAUKAT/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
1610 - 4699 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30440705
Courtesy of BRUCE ZHAO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
1073 LANGS Circle
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30440755
Courtesy of Samantha Bailey/RE/MAX SOLID GOLD REALTY (II) LTD.
8505 102A Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #30440798
Courtesy of Casey Boyne/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
1454 STAGECOACH ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30440801
Courtesy of Mark Stegeman/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
212 CLONMORE DRIVE
Toronto (Birchcliffe-Cliffside), Ontario MLS® #30440820
Courtesy of EVA UNIACKE/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
3813 - 30 FRANCIS STREET S
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30440832
Courtesy of Gauri Narang/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
908 APPLE HILL Lane
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30440868
Courtesy of COLTON DAVIDSON/Re/Max Icon Realty
51 - 3900 SAVOY STREET
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #30440926
Courtesy of ANDREA NEWCOMBE/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
PCL 14565 1/2 LT 2 CON 2 BOWMAN
Black River-Matheson (Matheson), Ontario MLS® #30440964
Courtesy of Olivia Thomas/ZIEMINSKI REAL ESTATE INC
10 SUNSET CRESCENT
Petawawa, Ontario MLS® #30440990
Courtesy of Jason Turcotte/ROYAL LEPAGE EDMONDS & ASSOCIATES
508 - 233 SOUTH PARK ROAD
Markham (Commerce Valley), Ontario MLS® #30440988
Courtesy of GARY YOUNG/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
#324 2903 RABBIT HILL RD NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30441025
Courtesy of Brandon M. Lai/RE/MAX Elite
LOWER - 58 GIBSON CIRCLE
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30441037
Courtesy of SAM MAZUMDAR/ZOLO REALTY
2 - 80 ONTARIO STREET
Stratford, Ontario MLS® #30441070
Courtesy of JULIE HEITBOHMER/Sutton Group - First Choice Realty Ltd.
3215 - 6 FLAVELLE TRAIL
Vaughan (Steeles West Industrial), Ontario MLS® #30441082
Courtesy of CHRISTINA CAO/RE/MAX DASH REALTY
112 - 1471 MAPLE AVENUE
Milton (DE Dempsey), Ontario MLS® #30441094
Courtesy of YOSUF NISSARI/HOUSESIGMA INC.
3716 - 19 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30440933
Courtesy of JENNIFER LIU/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
1905 - 9506 MARKHAM ROAD
Markham (Wismer), Ontario MLS® #30440938
Courtesy of Lei Tao/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
104 102 Armistice WAY
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30441107
Courtesy of Philip B Petryshyn/RE/MAX Shoreline Realty
5977 Broadway Rd
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #30441087
Courtesy of Jeff Dinn/REMAX Professionals (NA)
733 CHESAPEAKE DRIVE
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30440882
Courtesy of YONG CHAN JANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3813 ST PETER AVENUE
Niagara Falls (Stamford), Ontario MLS® #30440875
Courtesy of FAYE FAROKHIAN/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
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
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide