3303 70 Avenue
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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
2706 - 2220 LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29638924
Courtesy of ATTILA ABRI/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
8352 MAIN LISLE STREET
Adjala-Tosorontio (Lisle), Ontario MLS® #29638912
Courtesy of IRINA VEINBERG PERLMANN/COLDWELL BANKER THE REAL ESTATE CENTRE
137 BROOKVIEW DRIVE
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #29638652
Courtesy of RICHARD TAO/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
303 899 Darwin Ave
Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #29638715
Courtesy of Gary Sims/DFH Real Estate Ltd.
515 - 318 RICHMOND STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29638777
Courtesy of FUNING TONY ZHANG/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
1716 - 28 SOMMERSET WAY
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29638784
Courtesy of ESZTER SEBOK/EXP REALTY
285 MAGNOLIA Place
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29638931
Courtesy of Carole Rothwell/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
72 Connaught Avenue Avenue
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia MLS® #29638885
Courtesy of Jennifer Foley/3% Realty Nova Scotia
315 - 5 ST. JOSEPH STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29638892
Courtesy of LIONET HASBURY/KELLER WILLIAMS EDGE REALTY
507 - 33 FREDERICK TODD WAY
Toronto (Thorncliffe Park), Ontario MLS® #29638897
Courtesy of LIONET HASBURY/KELLER WILLIAMS EDGE REALTY
LGTHS - 1082 SHAMROCK MARIN ROAD
Gravenhurst (Morrison), Ontario MLS® #29638929
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
117 POINT HOPE PLACE
Whitby (Port Whitby), Ontario MLS® #29638943
Courtesy of LINDSAY CLARKE/THE NOOK REALTY INC.
715 - 30 DREAMERS WAY
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29638967
Courtesy of RONALD HUANG/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
919 EIGHTH AVENUE
Tay (Port McNicoll), Ontario MLS® #29638974
Courtesy of KEVIN ELLIS/RE/MAX Georgian Bay Realty Ltd
97 BECHTEL Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29638739
Courtesy of EMANUEL CATANA/SMART FROM HOME REALTY LIMITED
218 BLAIR Road
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29638828
Courtesy of JANET WILLARD/ROYAL LEPAGE CROWN REALTY SERVICES INC.
7705 SHADBUSH LANE
Niagara Falls (Brown), Ontario MLS® #29638854
Courtesy of JENNY ZHENG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
1692 Granville Road
Port Wade, Nova Scotia MLS® #29638859
Courtesy of Philipp Schnetzer/RE/MAX Banner Real Estate(Annapolis Royal)
49 BROCK STREET E
Oshawa (O'Neill), Ontario MLS® #29638866
Courtesy of APRIL LYNN WINDER/COLDWELL BANKER 2M REALTY
6196 DEERMEADOW DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29638878
Courtesy of Mark Stegeman/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
3 - 40 REXDALE BOULEVARD
Toronto (Rexdale-Kipling), Ontario MLS® #29638842
Courtesy of YAQUB MUHAMMAD/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2 - 226 KENILWORTH AVENUE N
Hamilton (Homeside), Ontario MLS® #29638847
Courtesy of SALLY TAO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
431 BOLER ROAD
London South (South K), Ontario MLS® #29638607
Courtesy of FADY FADDOUL/OAK AND KEY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE, INC.
508 - 50 MCCAUL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29638619
Courtesy of KENNETH LOK SAU LEUNG/REALAX REALTY
1112 - 68 GRANGEWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29638638
Courtesy of SAM LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
A & B - 25 PENNARD WAY
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29638676
Courtesy of Raymond Chin/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
839 GLEN STREET
Oshawa (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #29638683
Courtesy of ARIA SHAHI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
809 - 10 ROUGE VALLEY DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29638688
Courtesy of LUKE WANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
7934 77 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29638708
Courtesy of Priya Jasrotia/Century 21 Signature Realty
76 BARRINGTON AVENUE
Toronto (Woodbine-Lumsden), Ontario MLS® #29638633
Courtesy of PATRICK ZHU/HOMECOMFORT REALTY INC.
28 CROSLAND DRIVE
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #29638640
Courtesy of PASQUA AMATI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
728 KENNEDY CIRCLE W
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #29638657
Courtesy of NADIA HIRMIZ/ROYAL LEPAGE MACRO REALTY
121 - 10 FAIRWOOD CRESCENT
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29638791
Courtesy of MARY DINUNZIO/HOME CHOICE REALTY INC.
142 SYCAMORE Street
The Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #29638741
Courtesy of Liliana Grovu/EXP REALTY OF CANADA INC
308 38 Ducks Landing
Stratford, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29640145
Courtesy of Kellie Houston/PROVINCIAL REALTY
42 FLAMINGO CRESCENT
Brampton (Southgate), Ontario MLS® #29639352
Courtesy of DAVID MICHAEL CEFAI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1 HAMILTON LANE
East Luther Grand Valley, Ontario MLS® #29639371
Courtesy of CHRIS JOVELLANOS/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
9572 SODOM ROAD
Niagara Falls (Lyons Creek), Ontario MLS® #29639434
Courtesy of Aleks Djurkovic/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
33 SLALOM GATE ROAD
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29639460
Courtesy of KRISTA BRADLEY/Century 21 Millennium 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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