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.
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
4126 34 HIGHWAY
Champlain, Ontario MLS® #30343973
Courtesy of STEVEN LEVAC/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
15 KOPPERFIELD Lane
Mount Hope, Ontario MLS® #30343959
Courtesy of Justin Little/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
26530 Twp Rd 590
Rural Westlock County, Alberta MLS® #30343916
Courtesy of Brandi T. Wolff/Royal Lepage Town & Country Realty
108 MONTMORENCY DRIVE
Hamilton (Red Hill), Ontario MLS® #30343961
Courtesy of HARPREET SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
90 MCBRIDE TRAIL
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #30343935
Courtesy of CURTIS GODDARD/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
28 CORKETT DRIVE
Brampton (Northwood Park), Ontario MLS® #30343947
Courtesy of RANJIT NIJJAR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
127 WATERBRIDGE DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30343714
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
137 ALFRED STREET
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30344200
Courtesy of Jennifer Syer/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
MAIN & UPPER - 117 NORMA CRESCENT
Guelph (Victoria North), Ontario MLS® #30344197
Courtesy of UMER SAGHIR/RE/MAX REALTY SPECIALISTS INC.
35 WELLINGTON Street Unit# 2U
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30344192
Courtesy of Eric Kosel/HomeLife Power Realty Inc.
200 CHARLTON Avenue E Unit# 303
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30344262
Courtesy of Ryand Campbell/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
104 1275 BROAD STREET
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #30344130
Courtesy of John Chung/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
4 LAWREN S HARRIS Drive
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30343550
Courtesy of Wally Olivieri/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
133 FORESTBROOK STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30344111
Courtesy of Marc Mailhot/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
69 JOHN Street S Unit# LL 100
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30343808
Courtesy of Benjamin Zarate/Corcoran Horizon Realty
240 CALVINGTON STREET
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #30344421
Courtesy of FLORICA FLOREANU/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
3377 SIXTH LINE
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30344419
Courtesy of SUKHCHAIN SINGH AULAKH/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
18 CLAUDETTE GATE
Hamilton (Falkirk), Ontario MLS® #30344440
Courtesy of CHRIS KLASHOFF/ROYAL LEPAGE STATE REALTY
1440 GARTH Street Unit# 32
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30343858
Courtesy of Joshua Fleming/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
901 NEWMARKET LANE
Kingston (Rideau), Ontario MLS® #30344298
Courtesy of KIM PURCELL/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
60 WESTBURY AVENUE
London South (South O), Ontario MLS® #30344469
Courtesy of EHREN SCHEFFLER/RE/MAX CENTRE CITY REALTY INC.
8 SANDPIPER WAY
Brighton, Ontario MLS® #30344041
Courtesy of Ricardo Melendro/Royal Lepage Proalliance Realty
1810 BOLDTS LANE
Minden Hills (Snowdon), Ontario MLS® #30344046
Courtesy of Jason Richard/Royal Lepage Kawartha Lakes Realty Inc.
C - 87 ALBERT STREET
Cobourg, Ontario MLS® #30344539
Courtesy of Candace Minifie/COLDWELL BANKER - R.M.R. Real Estate
15 KOPPERFIELD LANE
Hamilton (Villages of Glancaster), Ontario MLS® #30344666
Courtesy of JUSTIN DON LITTLE/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
207 1510 Neville DRIVE
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #30344609
Courtesy of Giselle Ripplinger/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
PH 1501 - 2885 BAYVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30344729
Courtesy of THAAS SIVATHASON/CENTURY 21 INNOVATIVE REALTY INC.
1 - 820 SUNCREST CIRCLE
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #30344510
Courtesy of MARDY VAN BEEST/Royal LePage Locations North
215 - 215 BARONWOOD COURT
Brampton (Brampton North), Ontario MLS® #30344767
Courtesy of DARRIN MALTAIS/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
1 - 127 TREEVIEW DRIVE
Toronto (Alderwood), Ontario MLS® #30344426
Courtesy of AHSAN RAZA/CENTURY 21 INNOVATIVE REALTY INC.
457 DANBY STREET E
North Perth (Listowel), Ontario MLS® #30344786
Courtesy of ELLEN BAKKER/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
1199 LEEWOOD DRIVE
Oakville (GA Glen Abbey), Ontario MLS® #30343954
Courtesy of MIRJANA WHEELER/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
2197 PEMBROKE Court
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30344781
Courtesy of CAROLINE HAMEL/RE/MAX Aboutowne Realty Corp.
3885 EGLINTON AVENUE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30345126
Courtesy of BING LIN/GLOBAL BRICKS EXECUTIVE HOMES REALTY
1971 BERLETT'S ROAD
Wilmot, Ontario MLS® #30345138
Courtesy of DARRYL WATTY/CHESTNUT PARK REALTY(SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO) LTD
689 NORTHLINE ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Somerville), Ontario MLS® #30345152
Courtesy of ABDUL RAUF QAMAR/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1530A GREENFIELD ROAD
North Dumfries, Ontario MLS® #30343788
Courtesy of NANCY ROBERTSON/Sotheby's International Realty Canada, Brokerage
528 BRIOUX AVENUE
Peterborough (Otonabee Ward 1), Ontario MLS® #30344039
Courtesy of Anna Lisa Ferreri/Century 21 United Realty Inc.
32116 Township rd 262
Rural Rocky View County, Alberta MLS® #30344887
Courtesy of Anna Madden/One Percent Realty
1913 - 155 LEGION ROAD N
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30345102
Courtesy of SHERRY RAJABZADEH/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW 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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