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.
111 FRED VARLEY DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30409371
Courtesy of SERENA HAN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
4 BISHOP CRESCENT
Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #30409376
Courtesy of FANNIE IP/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
227 HOLLYBERRY TRAIL
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #30409364
Courtesy of KEVIN D. WANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
19 CEDAR GROVE DRIVE
Scugog, Ontario MLS® #30409845
Courtesy of GEORGE WILLIAM GRUBER/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
4 ENGLISH Lane
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30410258
Courtesy of Cheryl Vansickle/Century 21 Heritage House Ltd
7757 SECRETARIAT COURT
Niagara Falls (Ascot), Ontario MLS® #30410227
Courtesy of ARJUN SANILKUMAR/PROPERTY.CA INC.
16 STEPPINGSTONE TRAIL
Toronto (Rouge), Ontario MLS® #30410070
Courtesy of MOHAN NADARAJAH/HOMELIFE/FUTURE REALTY INC.
12 KHEDIVE AVENUE
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #30410309
Courtesy of MERAY A. MANSOUR/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
8 KENNEDY COURT
Middlesex Centre (Ilderton), Ontario MLS® #30409674
Courtesy of BONNIE BAKER HODGINS/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY
11936 53 Avenue
Rural Grande Prairie No. 1, County of, Alberta MLS® #30409612
Courtesy of Carston Siebert/Grassroots Realty Group Ltd.
2206 - 155 YORKVILLE AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30409718
Courtesy of SUMMER WANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
5222 6TH LINE N
Oro-Medonte, Ontario MLS® #30409496
Courtesy of TIM HEWITT/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
500 ST ANDREW Street
Port Dover, Ontario MLS® #30409573
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC
4201 PRUDHAM AVENUE
Burlington (Alton), Ontario MLS® #30409580
Courtesy of JOHNNY MA/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
408 - 1102 JALNA BOULEVARD
London South (South X), Ontario MLS® #30409600
Courtesy of AZRA VELAGIC/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY
#688 53222 Range Road 272
Rural Parkland County, Alberta MLS® #30409681
Courtesy of Becca A. Duiker/RE/MAX PREFERRED CHOICE
604 - 181 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30409713
Courtesy of HARRIET PALAYPAYON/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2577 BRIDLE ROAD S
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30409720
Courtesy of FRANCIS CHEE/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
17 HILLVIEW DRIVE
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #30409732
Courtesy of PAUL IRELAND/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
1710 - 28 ANN STREET
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #30409756
Courtesy of FARHAN MALIK/CENTURY 21 SKYLARK REAL ESTATE LTD.
1270 PALLATINE DRIVE
Oakville (CP College Park), Ontario MLS® #30409749
Courtesy of SANDRA MIFSUD/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
32 CLEARVIEW DRIVE W
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #30409768
Courtesy of JACK WONG/CENTURY 21 MILLER REAL ESTATE LTD.
1361 STEPHENSON Drive
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30409770
Courtesy of Jake Lyons/Coldwell Banker-Burnhill Realty
401 - 2 COVINGTON ROAD
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #30409561
Courtesy of MICHAEL ADAM SHUSTER/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
13 4253 Dieppe Rd
Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30409566
Courtesy of Christian Ravlic/Oakwyn Realty Ltd.
96 PALING Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30410272
Courtesy of Gary Vandervelde/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
4336 KILKENNY ROAD
Elizabethtown-Kitley, Ontario MLS® #30410291
Courtesy of Natalie Sobhie/REMAX BOARDWALK REALTY
703 - 1655 PICKERING PARKWAY
Pickering (Village East), Ontario MLS® #30410323
Courtesy of DIANE ALEXANDER/EXP REALTY
2407 - 5 MEADOWDALE ROAD
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #30410342
Courtesy of KARINA ESKANDARY/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
70 - 2315 BROMSGROVE ROAD
Mississauga (Clarkson), Ontario MLS® #30410378
Courtesy of KEVIN STODDART/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
207 TAWNY CRESCENT
Oakville (BR Bronte), Ontario MLS® #30409821
Courtesy of LESLEY KENNEDY/Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage
59 JOHNSTON STREET
Georgina (Pefferlaw), Ontario MLS® #30409852
Courtesy of LESLIE DIANE CUTTING/CANADIAN REALTY COMPANY LTD.
225 WIMPOLE STREET
West Perth (Mitchell), Ontario MLS® #30409864
Courtesy of MARK THIBEAULT/Royal LePage Hiller Realty
2505 - 3525 KARIYA DRIVE
Mississauga (Fairview), Ontario MLS® #30409871
Courtesy of RYAN FERNANDES/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
2100 GALENA CRESCENT
Oakville (WC Wedgewood Creek), Ontario MLS® #30409876
Courtesy of LI LIU/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
103 COMMERCIAL AVENUE
Timmins (TS - SW), Ontario MLS® #30409965
Courtesy of Monique Meunier/REVEL REALTY INC.
4461 TREMINEER Avenue
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30409439
Courtesy of Evan Boyle/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
334 Bayswater Drive
Cheverie, Nova Scotia MLS® #30409458
Courtesy of Kelly Brown/Keller Williams Select Realty
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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