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
315 Willow Ridge Way
Diamond Valley, Alberta MLS® #30132516
Courtesy of Sarah Michel/Century 21 Foothills Real Estate
720 BROOKMILL Place
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30131878
Courtesy of YING SUSAN JIANG/Royal LePage Peaceland Realty
32 APPLEBY PRIVATE N
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30131885
Courtesy of Raquel Ireta/FIRST CHOICE REALTY ONTARIO LTD.
1806 - 15 ICEBOAT TERRACE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30131892
Courtesy of RICHARD HUANG/RE/MAX PARTNERS REALTY INC.
264 COACHWHIP TRAIL
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #30131905
Courtesy of JAMES PARK/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
512 - 112 KING STREET E
Hamilton (Beasley), Ontario MLS® #30131917
Courtesy of STEPHEN TRAN/EXP REALTY
42A AMELIA STREET
Toronto (Cabbagetown-South St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30131950
Courtesy of LUCY LIU/SMART SOLD REALTY
3300 COUNTY ROAD 2 ROAD
Prince Edward County (Ameliasburg Ward), Ontario MLS® #30132004
Courtesy of Casey Hegadorn/Exp Realty
1111 - 286 MAIN STREET
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #30132023
Courtesy of MADIHA KHAN/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
36 WEST COAST TRAIL
King (Nobleton), Ontario MLS® #30132030
Courtesy of RANJIT NIJJAR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
3 SUNSET DRIVE
Rideau Lakes, Ontario MLS® #30132047
Courtesy of Holly Kinch/RE/MAX AFFILIATES MARQUIS
3557 GRIMSBY Road
Grassie, Ontario MLS® #30132054
Courtesy of Michael St. Jean/Michael St. Jean Realty Inc.
274 CASSON Point
Milton, Ontario MLS® #30132198
Courtesy of RAJ VINEPAL/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
839 - 251 JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30132201
Courtesy of JULIA XIAO TING WU/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
620 - 188 FAIRVIEW MALL DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #30132206
Courtesy of KUN XU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
12C - 139 BRIGHTON STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30132244
Courtesy of Veronica Layne/Homelife Superior Realty Inc.
BSMT - 72 LITTLE BRITAIN CRES LITTLE BRITAIN CRESCENT N
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #30132275
Courtesy of MOHKAM SAINI/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
9 - 861 SHEPPARD AVENUE W
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #30132307
Courtesy of Kevin Kim/CITYSCAPE REAL ESTATE LTD.
442 HUME STREET
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #30132648
Courtesy of KEVIN YORK/RE/MAX Four Seasons Realty Limited
UPPER - 25 EDGEMONT DRIVE
Brampton (Brampton North), Ontario MLS® #30131955
Courtesy of EILEEN XIAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
504 SANDALWOOD COURT
Oshawa (Samac), Ontario MLS® #30131979
Courtesy of PAIGE FULTON/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
825 DEMULCENT LANE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30132011
Courtesy of Moustafa Elgendy/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
9 MILT STOREY LANE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30132028
Courtesy of KELVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
2109 - 1080 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30131897
Courtesy of LILY FANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
19246 CENTREVILLE CREEK ROAD
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #30132319
Courtesy of RANJIT NIJJAR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
#1806 12303 JASPER AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30132340
Courtesy of Oscar Leong/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
901 - 103 THE QUEENSWAY
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #30131912
Courtesy of JOE REA/ROYAL LEPAGE PREMIUM ONE REALTY
102 STRATFORD CRESCENT
Toronto (Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills), Ontario MLS® #30132383
Courtesy of SCOTT MA/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
348 FRANK STREET
South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #30132220
Courtesy of ALAN ELBARDISY/EXP REALTY
3803 - 20 SHORE BREEZE DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30132213
Courtesy of MOEEN SAMI QURESHI/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
1024 LIDSLEY ROAD
Muskoka Lakes (Wood (Muskoka Lakes)), Ontario MLS® #30132155
Courtesy of SHERVIN REZAEI/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
123 - 347 SORAUREN AVENUE
Toronto (Roncesvalles), Ontario MLS® #30132321
Courtesy of KEYAH KAVOOSI/NORTH 2 SOUTH REALTY
3602 - 20 SOUDAN AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #30132100
Courtesy of CHRISTINA CAO/RE/MAX DASH REALTY
1023 - 500 WILSON AVENUE
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #30132105
Courtesy of FORREST WANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
143, 300 MARINA Drive
Chestermere, Alberta MLS® #30132302
Courtesy of Wasim Elafech/Century 21 Bravo Realty
95 - 127 ALFRED STREET W
Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #30132376
Courtesy of ELLEN KALIS/Royal LePage Locations North
42 Sunvista Crescent SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30132080
Courtesy of Todd Steeves/Sotheby's International Realty Canada
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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