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.
78 Peddle Drive
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29345907
Courtesy of ROBERT GARDNER/RE/MAX Central Real Estate Ltd. - Grand Falls-Win
65275 Range Rd 114A
Lac La Biche County, Alberta MLS® #29326202
Courtesy of Derek C. Claffey/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
5815 97 St NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29336017
Courtesy of Tanner Wormald/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
D9B - 1000 GERRARD STREET E
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29357562
Courtesy of ABRAHAM LIM/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
693 DOON SOUTH DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29357574
Courtesy of GULFAM IQBAL/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
12090 BUCKHORN LAKE ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29357036
Courtesy of Sandy Sleath/Landquest Realty Corp (Northern)
1927 PARKSIDE DRIVE
Pickering (Amberlea), Ontario MLS® #29357586
Courtesy of Jagpreet Singh/AVION REALTY INC.
123 JOHN STREET
Kawartha Lakes (Woodville), Ontario MLS® #29357613
Courtesy of VIOLETTE JOURI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1452 RIMON STREET
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #29357795
Courtesy of FISHER YU/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
3236 Doverville Crescent SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29357764
Courtesy of Jim Dasouki/Century 21 Bravo Realty
1936 CRUISE ROAD
Frontenac (Frontenac North), Ontario MLS® #29357687
Courtesy of DAWN MORDEN/EXP REALTY, BROKERAGE
403 15 Langbrae Drive
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #29357822
Courtesy of Ken Sullivan/Exit Realty Metro
605 MARC SANTI BOULEVARD
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29357853
Courtesy of DERRICK PENG/ROYAL ELITE REALTY INC.
674 HONEYDEW STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29357839
Courtesy of David Wen/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
3252 Favel DRIVE
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29357815
Courtesy of Heather Szeles/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
24 YOST Court
Milverton, Ontario MLS® #29357549
Courtesy of PETER KOSTECKI/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
16 5469 CHINOOK STREET|Sardis South
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29357051
Courtesy of Paul McCallum/Homelife Benchmark Realty (Langley) Corp.
4737 SUSSNEE ROAD
100 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29357037
Courtesy of Lyle Hatton/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
806 - 25 WELLINGTON STREET S
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29357575
Courtesy of VANZUL MONGA/HOUSESIGMA INC.
619 - 60 HONEYCRISP CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29357563
Courtesy of FEI WANG/AVION REALTY INC.
ROOM 103 - 81 HALLAM STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29357570
Courtesy of MICHAEL G. LI/LE SOLD REALTY BROKERAGE INC.
1503 - 1 QUARRINGTON LANE
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29357582
Courtesy of ALI KAROVALIA/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
33 WALNUT DRIVE
Guelph (General Hospital), Ontario MLS® #29357878
Courtesy of SHERI SULLIVAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1063 MURIEL STREET
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #29357727
Courtesy of GEMMA LEGGETT/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
1510 BRIDGE ROAD
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #29357866
Courtesy of AMAN DHALIWAL/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
39 CENTRE STREET
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29357830
Courtesy of TANYA KNIGHT/THE NOOK REALTY INC.
19 Thorngrove Lane
Timberlea, Nova Scotia MLS® #29357506
Courtesy of Michelle Robertson/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
4102 BUCKINGHAM DRIVE E
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29357900
Courtesy of Ashley Frederick-Welsh/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
1502 - 1070 SHEPPARD AVENUE W
Toronto (York University Heights), Ontario MLS® #29357569
Courtesy of MARY REZAEI BOROUN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
415 MAIN STREET N
Brampton (Brampton West), Ontario MLS® #29357571
Courtesy of ABRAHAM LIM/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
269 PROSPECT STREET
Newmarket (Gorham-College Manor), Ontario MLS® #29357564
Courtesy of PARSA SALIMI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1907 - 35 EMPRESS AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29357583
Courtesy of STEPHEN AU-YEUNG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
5805 - 8 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29357588
Courtesy of TIM HUANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
4302 - 950 PORTAGE PARKWAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29357590
Courtesy of JAMIE WU/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
3 HERITAGE LANE
Clarington (Newcastle), Ontario MLS® #29357850
Courtesy of SUSAN FORSYTH/HOME CHOICE REALTY INC.
27 1620 Olive Diefenbaker DRIVE
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan MLS® #29357898
Courtesy of Conrad Kruger/eXp Realty
15 - 4320 EBENEZER ROAD
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #29357867
Courtesy of AMAN DHALIWAL/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
318 - 543 TIMOTHY STREET
Newmarket (Central Newmarket), Ontario MLS® #29357855
Courtesy of MIKE CARTWRIGHT/MAIN STREET REALTY LTD.
1060 ST JACQUES STREET
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #29357780
Courtesy of Elise Da Ponti/RE/MAX DELTA REALTY
802 - 30 ROEHAMPTON AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29357716
Courtesy of KATRIENA DEAN/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
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide