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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
417 LADY NADIA DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30063918
Courtesy of DANIA GONZALEZ CHERICIAN/TESA REAL ESTATE INC.
360 - 68 ESTHER SHINER BOULEVARD
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30063898
Courtesy of QILUN XU/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
3306 - 19 GRAND TRUNK CRESCENT
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30063901
Courtesy of JESSE JOHAR/TFN REALTY INC.
301 - 60 BYNG AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30063944
Courtesy of JAMES LI/BENCHMARK SIGNATURE REALTY INC.
3107 - 7890 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30063949
Courtesy of GARY C. NG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
619 CULLER MEWS
Newmarket (Stonehaven-Wyndham), Ontario MLS® #30063951
Courtesy of LILIYA PEREPIOLKIN/QUEENSWAY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INC.
20 Neebig AVE
Manitouwadge, Ontario MLS® #30060407
Courtesy of SIMONE DONALDSON/CENTURY 21 SUPERIOR REALTY INC.
MAIN - 379 WHITMORE AVENUE
Toronto (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Ontario MLS® #30063963
Courtesy of FRANK XIONG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
28 LEMON GRASS Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30063970
Courtesy of YING SUSAN JIANG/Royal LePage Peaceland Realty
718 Brookhurst LANE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30064461
Courtesy of Ryan Bamford/Coldwell Banker Signature
410 KING Street W Unit# 307
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30064447
Courtesy of Soni Chachad/Keller Williams Edge Realty
308 PINELAND PLACE
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30064454
Courtesy of RAJAN SHARMA/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
Lot 13, Blk 6 Lakeshore DRIVE
Delaronde Lake, Saskatchewan MLS® #30064459
Courtesy of Glenda Oleksyn/Century 21 Fusion
42 DEACON CRESCENT
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #30064271
Courtesy of Ari David Zider/Royal Lepage Kawartha Lakes Realty Inc.
4264 MELODY LODGE LANE
Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #30064269
Courtesy of MATHEW MUNDELL/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
173 MONTE CARLO DRIVE
Vaughan (Sonoma Heights), Ontario MLS® #30064288
Courtesy of ERIC JENSEN/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
25 WHISPERING PINE TRAIL
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #30064290
Courtesy of JOHNNY GORGANI/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
SUITE - 10 SLALOM DRIVE
Oro-Medonte, Ontario MLS® #30064295
Courtesy of MARIA SPRING/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
BASEMENT - 485 ENGLISH ROSE LANE
Oakville (WC Wedgewood Creek), Ontario MLS® #30064303
Courtesy of JUN LIU/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
401 - 3231 EGLINTON AVENUE E
Toronto (Scarborough Village), Ontario MLS® #30064276
Courtesy of MELISSA WAITE/HOUSESIGMA INC.
2213 - 10 ABEJA STREET
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #30064637
Courtesy of CHRISTINA GERODIMOU/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
74 ST. PATRICK STREET
St. Catharines (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #30064668
Courtesy of Andrew Perrie/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
11 MASTERS DRIVE
Barrie (East Bayfield), Ontario MLS® #30064675
Courtesy of GREG WEEKS/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
402 - 5 LISA STREET
Brampton (Queen Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30064699
Courtesy of CATERINA GRAHN/CENTURY 21 ASSOCIATES INC.
3 Track Road
Cape Broyle, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30064346
Courtesy of Jeremy Snow/RE/MAX Realty Specialists
1055 E WEBER Street E Unit# 304
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30064358
Courtesy of DIANA PERISIC/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
LOWER - 910 GRIERSON STREET
Oshawa (Centennial), Ontario MLS® #30064372
Courtesy of Lisa Macdonald/Keller Williams Energy Real Estate
3112 - 38 LEE CENTRE DRIVE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #30064377
Courtesy of ELSIE CHEN/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
3 - 50 PAPE AVENUE W
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #30064384
Courtesy of MELANIE MARANDA RECINE/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
1202 WELLINGTON STREET E
Aurora, Ontario MLS® #30064396
Courtesy of LINDSAY RHIANNE STROM/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
74 SIXTEENTH STREET
Toronto (New Toronto), Ontario MLS® #30064430
Courtesy of MIRAN KERT/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
468 SAVILLE CRESCENT
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #30064428
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
199 Prince Street
Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia MLS® #30064478
Courtesy of Shauna Boyle/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
16 Stonehaven Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #30064480
Courtesy of Tanya Clark/Sutton Group Professional Realty
20 MACBETH ISLAND
Bracebridge (Oakley), Ontario MLS® #30064567
Courtesy of PETER DE GRAAF/RE/MAX Professionals North
1730 - 20 INN ON THE PARK DRIVE
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #30064574
Courtesy of ANTONY HUEN LUN CHAN/CENTURY 21 KING'S QUAY REAL ESTATE INC.
4904 - 1 YORKVILLE AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30064581
Courtesy of JELENA BRENT/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
412 - 135 ORR STREET
Cobourg, Ontario MLS® #30064586
Courtesy of Gail Scheepers/Royal Heritage Realty Ltd.
127 CHALFONT CRESCENT
London North (North O), Ontario MLS® #30064601
Courtesy of KRIS GEAR/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
810 - 365 KENNEDY ROAD
Brampton (Brampton East), Ontario MLS® #30064707
Courtesy of PATRICK WOJEWODKA/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE 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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