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.
95 MAXWELL Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30501641
Courtesy of ISH FICICI/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc.
Lot 3 MEIER FRONTAGE ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30497299
Courtesy of Jesse Parker/RE/MAX Core Realty
708 - 153 BEECROFT ROAD
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #30497340
Courtesy of JOAN M. BEAL/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
8 MACKELLER COURT
Ajax (Northwest Ajax), Ontario MLS® #30497345
Courtesy of JACQUELINE RODNEY/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
2305 - 36 PARK LAWN ROAD
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30497352
Courtesy of KEVIN CHOU/FREEMAN REAL ESTATE LTD.
308 - 66 KIPPENDAVIE AVENUE
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #30497369
Courtesy of DAVID MCLEAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
#24 205 MCKENNEY AV
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #30498292
Courtesy of Corey Marcel LeBlanc/RE/MAX Elite
74 135 Pawlychenko LANE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30498242
Courtesy of Shaun Renneberg/Realty Executives Saskatoon
9 - 570 GRAHAM DRIVE
North Bay (Widdifield), Ontario MLS® #30499271
Courtesy of JESSICA DIGGLES/Revel Realty Inc. Brokerage
9964 CONCESSION 1 Road
West Lincoln, Ontario MLS® #30499308
Courtesy of Rod Frank/RE/MAX Escarpment Frank Realty
319 ONTARIO STREET
Burk's Falls, Ontario MLS® #30499315
Courtesy of GIZELLA TSCHELIGI/Royal LePage Lakes Of Muskoka Realty
929 - 3270 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #30499327
Courtesy of CECILIA HE/CENTURY 21 KING'S QUAY REAL ESTATE INC.
402 - 99 EAGLE ROCK WAY
Vaughan, Ontario MLS® #30499341
Courtesy of GERRY PACITTI/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
501 - 1025 RICHMOND ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30499365
Courtesy of Chris Lambert/INNOVATION REALTY LTD.
201 - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30499377
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
79 - 5223 FAIRFORD CRESCENT
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #30498329
Courtesy of SUDHIR PRADHAN/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
1047 Lysander Drive SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30499081
Courtesy of David P. Brown/TREC The Real Estate Company
1219, 2518 Fish Creek Boulevard SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30499098
Courtesy of Emily Sudermann/RE/MAX House of Real Estate
331, 2800 13 Avenue SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta MLS® #30499334
Courtesy of CARLY CATALANO MORIN/SOURCE 1 REALTY CORP.
14713 110 AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30499391
Courtesy of Jim Heska/eXp Realty of Canada Inc.
61 CHAMPLAIN BOULEVARD
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #30499396
Courtesy of FRANK LEO/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
0 SHUTTLEWORTH ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Somerville), Ontario MLS® #30499404
Courtesy of LUCAS SCHICKEDANZ/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
18611 LESLIE STREET
East Gwillimbury (Sharon), Ontario MLS® #30499346
Courtesy of FRANK POLSINELLO/EXP REALTY
367 BROCK STREET
London South (South B), Ontario MLS® #30499050
Courtesy of JESSE ROBINSON/RE/MAX ADVANTAGE REALTY LTD.
22 - 275 JAMES STREET S
St. Marys, Ontario MLS® #30499106
Courtesy of JULIEN POLIDORO/Coldwell Banker Homefield Legacy Realty
5102 - 45 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30499113
Courtesy of RICHARD ZHENG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
12 FERNDALE Avenue Unit# Lower
St. Catharines, Ontario MLS® #30499118
Courtesy of Kayla Smith/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
49 RIDGE Road E
Grimsby, Ontario MLS® #30499120
Courtesy of Leo Manchisi/Century 21 Miller Real Estate Ltd.
300 VOISINE ROAD
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #30499149
Courtesy of Christopher Blenkiron/RE/MAX HALLMARK EXCELLENCE GROUP REALTY
1716 - 335 RATHBURN ROAD W
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30499163
Courtesy of ANDREW THOMAS BRUNNER/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
3 - 258 EDGEWATER CRESCENT
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30499199
Courtesy of ANURAG SHARMA/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
416 8423 CEDAR STREET
Mission, British Columbia MLS® #30499240
Courtesy of Trevor Street/Royal LePage Elite West
1170 Dignan Rd
Central Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30498951
Courtesy of Noah Dobson/Newport Realty Ltd.
20 WATFORD DRIVE
Whitby (Brooklin), Ontario MLS® #30499322
Courtesy of MANDY GLEN/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
8900 Jim Bailey Road Unit# 26
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #30499101
Courtesy of Kyle B. Janzen/Oakwyn Realty Okanagan
10 Conception Bay Highway
Marysvale, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30499132
Courtesy of Jill Mason/3% Realty East Coast
117 LATIMER AVENUE
Essa (Angus), Ontario MLS® #30499137
Courtesy of LINDA KNIGHT/KELLER WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE REALTY
3 GRAHAM STREET
Springwater (Elmvale), Ontario MLS® #30499144
Courtesy of CINDY JOHNSTON/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
Lot 22-1A Maple Grove Road
Summerside, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30499202
Courtesy of Jeff Rodgerson/ROYAL LEPAGE COUNTRY ESTATES 1985 LTD
61 6945 185 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30499233
Courtesy of Narinder Bains/Real Broker B.C. Ltd.
601 - 2010 ISLINGTON AVENUE
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #30498165
Courtesy of EMAD MOHSENI ZADEH/PROPERTY.CA 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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