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.
2807 - 403 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30421515
Courtesy of RAJAN VANAIK/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
TH108 - 5 VALHALLA INN ROAD
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30421522
Courtesy of KEVIN CHOU/FREEMAN REAL ESTATE LTD.
LOWER - 8 UNION STREET
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #30421539
Courtesy of MOHAMMAD NIAZI/SIXROOFS REALTY
44 CONNAUGHT AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30421510
Courtesy of PARSA SALIMI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
GROUND - 153 HOLLYBERRY TRAIL
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #30421534
Courtesy of CHARLIE YANG/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
14 CRISPIN CRESCENT
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30421801
Courtesy of ELHAM GHADERIAN/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
25 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 501
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30421870
Courtesy of ROBERT ALEXANDER MCFEE/Condo Culture Inc. - Brokerage 2
449 HAZEL Street Unit# 6
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30422001
Courtesy of SURJIT SAM PABLAY/Century 21 Right Time Real Estate Inc.
333329 7TH LINE
Amaranth, Ontario MLS® #30421983
Courtesy of GURSHARAN BAJWA/HOMELIFE MAPLE LEAF REALTY LTD.
81 MAIN Street S
Waterdown, Ontario MLS® #30422006
Courtesy of Barbara Beers/Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
8 BLUE SPRUCE COURT
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30421976
Courtesy of NIK POULIMENOS/CORCORAN HORIZON REALTY
128 - 2500 HILL RISE COURT
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30421921
Courtesy of MAYURAN SRITHARAN/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
2432 CYPRUS Avenue
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30421813
Courtesy of Paul Thurlow/Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
200 ALL SAINTS CRESCENT
Oakville (FD Ford), Ontario MLS® #30421957
Courtesy of BILL SCHIAVONE/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
2440 Old Okanagan Highway Unit# 514
Westbank, British Columbia MLS® #30422032
Courtesy of Lew MacDonald/Renanza Realty Inc.
LOWER - 5 BRENDWIN ROAD
Toronto (Rockcliffe-Smythe), Ontario MLS® #30422183
Courtesy of LAZARO RAMOS/EXP REALTY
2 CHECKERBERRY CRESCENT
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30422188
Courtesy of ROHAN KHANNA/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
54 EAST DRIVE
Toronto (Rockcliffe-Smythe), Ontario MLS® #30422195
Courtesy of GUNEET PARMAR/ROYAL LEPAGE SUPREME REALTY
418 - 630 SAUVE STREET
Milton (BE Beaty), Ontario MLS® #30422208
Courtesy of SONIA OTTINO/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
915 TANAGER AVENUE
Burlington (LaSalle), Ontario MLS® #30422210
Courtesy of CHRIS MAYNARD/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
3500 CALLAN STREET
Niagara Falls (Chippawa), Ontario MLS® #30421591
Courtesy of Joulia Tropinina/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
1575 Burton Ave
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #30422443
Courtesy of Mitch McMichael/Engel & Volkers Vancouver Island
9365 OLAF ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30422311
Courtesy of Spencer Gull/RE/MAX Core Realty
150 BELAND Avenue S
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30422455
Courtesy of Marc-Anthony Tollis/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
119 PELHAM ROAD
St. Catharines (Western Hill), Ontario MLS® #30422450
Courtesy of TOM JOSEPH/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
58 - 601 SHORELINE DRIVE
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #30422436
Courtesy of BIANCA LUNGU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
364 SWEET GRASS CIRCLE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30422520
Courtesy of Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos/EXP REALTY
71 LAURENT AVENUE
Welland (Lincoln/Crowland), Ontario MLS® #30422669
Courtesy of MICHAEL RAWSON/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
556 Duart Avenue
Fall River, Nova Scotia MLS® #30422695
Courtesy of Dexter Wilkie/Royal LePage Atlantic
103 FREEDOM CRESCENT
Hamilton (Mount Hope), Ontario MLS® #30422448
Courtesy of DINA ELGHANDOUR/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
2208 - 1 CONCORD WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30421907
Courtesy of MARCELO CUELLO/RE/MAX EXPERTS
4731 78A STREET Close
Red Deer, Alberta MLS® #30422486
Courtesy of Wesley Giesbrecht/Century 21 Advantage
3581 ASH ROW CRESCENT
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30422638
Courtesy of DAVID DODIC/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY CENTRE
1 - 510 SPEERS ROAD
Oakville (QE Queen Elizabeth), Ontario MLS® #30422640
Courtesy of LEO MANCHISI/CENTURY 21 MILLER REAL ESTATE LTD.
150 BELAND AVENUE S
Hamilton (Glenview), Ontario MLS® #30422683
Courtesy of MARC-ANTHONY TOLLIS/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
25 VALLEYVIEW Road Unit# 17
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30422688
Courtesy of ZANA JALAL/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
342 Lynd LANE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30422664
Courtesy of Mitchell Stretch/Derrick Stretch Realty Inc.
211 - 1360 COSTIGAN ROAD
Milton (CL Clarke), Ontario MLS® #30422811
Courtesy of BRETT FRASER SMILEY/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
1375 STEPHENSON Drive Unit# 24
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30422816
Courtesy of Matthew Adeh/RE/MAX Escarpment 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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