9928 81 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29199942
Courtesy of Mark B. Wilbert/CIR Realty
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
1003-1087 Parsons Road SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29661678
Courtesy of Ricky Aujla/Century 21 Bravo Realty
14 Valley View Road
Little Catalina, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29722204
Courtesy of Dawn Hussey/Royal LePage Atlantic Homestead
GROUND - 39 CARDICO DRIVE
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #29727443
Courtesy of KYLE SHEN/SMART SOLD REALTY
1503 - 70 ABSOLUTE AVENUE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29727448
Courtesy of SACHIT SHETTY/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1115 FLINTON RD HIGHWAY N
Tweed (Elzevir (Twp)), Ontario MLS® #29727619
Courtesy of DEEPAK KUMAR SHARMA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1236 FLEET STREET
Mississauga (Sheridan), Ontario MLS® #29727614
Courtesy of SAVITA PRASHAD/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
5653 COLONEL TALBOT ROAD
London South (South GG), Ontario MLS® #29727638
Courtesy of RYAN FEATHERSTONE/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
520 GREY Street Unit# 7
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29727633
Courtesy of Jahan Chaudhry/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
391 PEACH TREE LANE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29727607
Courtesy of Michelle Wherrett/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
3408 HIDEAWAY PLACE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29727652
Courtesy of ARIF QURESHI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
10 GEARIN STREET
Quinte West (Trenton Ward), Ontario MLS® #29727816
Courtesy of SANDRA HUSSEY/EXIT REALTY GROUP
44 BAHA CRESCENT
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29727791
Courtesy of INDERJEET SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
12716 12718 94 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29727828
Courtesy of Jigo George/Royal Lepage Summit Realty
1082 BOB SCOTT COURT
Newmarket (Stonehaven-Wyndham), Ontario MLS® #29727854
Courtesy of WILSON HON/EXP REALTY
201 - 1 FALAISE ROAD
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29727847
Courtesy of CATHERINE KONG/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
51 - 22790 AMIENS ROAD
Middlesex Centre, Ontario MLS® #29727823
Courtesy of LYNDSEY HAYWARD/EXP REALTY
3900 CONFEDERATION PARKWAY
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29727449
Courtesy of NATHAN ZHOU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
377 SKINNER ROAD
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #29727571
Courtesy of TALAT TARIQ BHATTI/SOLDBIG REALTY INC.
720 GREY Street Unit# 34
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29727634
Courtesy of Ajay Shah/HOMELIFE MIRACLE REALTY LTD
40010 SHADY LANE CRESCENT
Southwold (Talbotville), Ontario MLS® #29727639
Courtesy of RYAN FEATHERSTONE/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
333 ANDREW STREET
Shelburne, Ontario MLS® #29727660
Courtesy of JOE SCALABRELLI/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
606 - 1 REIDMOUNT AVENUE
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29727406
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
203F 141 105th STREET W
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29727658
Courtesy of Brent Herman/Realty Executives Saskatoon
29, 53407 RR 155
Rural Yellowhead County, Alberta MLS® #29727812
Courtesy of DENINE LOZINSKI/CENTURY 21 TWIN REALTY
1220 Marina Way
Nanoose Bay, British Columbia MLS® #29727824
Courtesy of Karen Kenyon/Royal LePage Island Living (PK)
239 WESTFIELD TRAIL
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #29727862
Courtesy of ANDREA LAWS/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS
LOWER LEVEL - 106 SPRINGDALE CRESCENT
Oshawa (Donevan), Ontario MLS® #29727850
Courtesy of SUNIL NARALE/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
27 CRIMSON COURT
Richmond Hill (North Richvale), Ontario MLS® #29727414
Courtesy of FUAD ABASOV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
230 DUNCAN LANE
Milton (SC Scott), Ontario MLS® #29727445
Courtesy of TAHIR I QURESHI/CITY-PRO REALTY INC.
9 GOLF LINKS DRIVE
Loyalist (Bath), Ontario MLS® #29727572
Courtesy of ANITA PATEVA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
5980 HORSEFLY-LIKELY FS ROAD
Likely, British Columbia MLS® #29727541
Courtesy of Victor Khong/Horsefly Realty
104 KINSEY PLACE
Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #29727616
Courtesy of LILIANA MIHAELA GROVU/EXP REALTY
103 Poplar ROAD
Mclean, Saskatchewan MLS® #29727611
Courtesy of Nichole Redlick/Authentic Realty Inc.
406 - 58 GLENELG STREET W
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #29727635
Courtesy of KELLY HARRINGTON/ROYAL LEPAGE FRANK REAL ESTATE
783 PORT DARLINGTON ROAD
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29727642
Courtesy of RAVI PANDE/HOMELIFE SILVERCITY REALTY INC.
409 - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29727654
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
43 NISKA DRIVE
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #29727661
Courtesy of BETSY WANG/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
BSMT - 140 ROXBURY STREET
Markham (Rouge River Estates), Ontario MLS® #29727440
Courtesy of KAREN ZHOU/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE 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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