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
2026-2 Drew Street
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia MLS® #30099502
Courtesy of Vince Browner/Keller Williams Select Realty(Sydney,Townsend St.)
2 Ingrids Lane
Roaches Line, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30099494
Courtesy of Frank Evely/RE/MAX Eastern Edge Realty Ltd. - Bay Roberts
56246 DONNELLY DRIVE
Bayham (Straffordville), Ontario MLS® #30100025
Courtesy of Nancy Gowette/RE/MAX Tri-County Realty Inc Brokerage
580 BEAVER CREEK Road Unit# 189
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30100342
Courtesy of MATTHEW DAVIDSON/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
8466 SIDEROAD 30
Rockwood, Ontario MLS® #30099285
Courtesy of SHAWN RAMAUTOR/ROYAL LEPAGE WOLLE REALTY
123 Appleby DRIVE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30099413
Courtesy of Clark Dziadyk/Coldwell Banker Signature
701, 4719 33 Street
Red Deer, Alberta MLS® #30099420
Courtesy of Gordon Ing/RE/MAX real estate central alberta
552 GRANDVIEW STREET S
Oshawa (Donevan), Ontario MLS® #30099538
Courtesy of BERNARD SILVA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
69 VIRGINIA BOULEVARD
Georgina (Virginia), Ontario MLS® #30099646
Courtesy of SARAH JONES/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
1605 - 15 MERCER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30099432
Courtesy of WILLIAM SUN/AVION REALTY INC.
323 WARREN STREET
Goderich (Goderich (Town)), Ontario MLS® #30100241
Courtesy of TODD STANBURY/Coldwell Banker All Points-Festival City Realty
1374 5TH CONCESSION Road W
Flamborough, Ontario MLS® #30100506
Courtesy of Naim Hassab/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
107 - 315 TERRAVITA
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30100392
Courtesy of Gordon Owens/COLDWELL BANKER SARAZEN REALTY
46 TWEEDROCK CRESCENT
Toronto (Morningside), Ontario MLS® #30100412
Courtesy of LINDSAY WELDON/LPT REALTY
2054 WESTMOUNT DRIVE
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #30100400
Courtesy of MELISSA HULL/Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage
188 LODGE ROAD
Georgian Bay (Baxter), Ontario MLS® #30099843
Courtesy of JEFFREY BRAUN/Corcoran Horizon Realty
33 TORRENS AVENUE
Toronto (Broadview North), Ontario MLS® #30099817
Courtesy of CHERYL AROSOY TUMULAK/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
2202 TRIPP DRIVE
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #30099754
Courtesy of CALUM ANGUS/COLDWELL BANKER POWER REALTY
4306 - 56 ANNIE CRAIG DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30100094
Courtesy of SHARIQ JAMAL QURESHI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
810 - 150 DUNLOP STREET E
Barrie (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30100075
Courtesy of TATIANA JDAN/RE/MAX EXPERTS
22 VILLAGE GREEN LANE
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30100063
Courtesy of JESSICA HARCOURT/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
1212 - 1480 BAYLY STREET
Pickering (Bay Ridges), Ontario MLS® #30100051
Courtesy of TREVOR CHRISTIAN NICOLLE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
31 HAWTHORN STREET
Belleville (Belleville Ward), Ontario MLS® #30100006
Courtesy of Edie Bonisteel/Royal Lepage Proalliance Realty
89 CRESTWOOD ROAD
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #30099999
Courtesy of Emilio Sanchez Coronado/RE/MAX Jazz INC.
16531 116 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30099970
Courtesy of Jordan Clarke/The Foundry Real Estate Company Ltd
10737 108A AV
Westlock, Alberta MLS® #30099968
Courtesy of Brandi T. Wolff/Royal Lepage Town & Country Realty
8 FARMSTEAD ROAD
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30100645
Courtesy of SALLY LIAN/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY YMSL REALTY
409 - 42 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30100640
Courtesy of STEVE SONG/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
709 - 484 SPADINA AVENUE
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #30100633
Courtesy of DANIEL KIM/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
N0203 - 201 SHERBOURNE STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30100626
Courtesy of DANIEL KIM/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
1721 CONCESSION 10 ROAD
Norfolk, Ontario MLS® #30100602
Courtesy of John Klassen/RE/MAX Tri-County Realty Inc Brokerage
2944 NORTH SHORE DRIVE
Haldimand (Dunnville), Ontario MLS® #30100587
Courtesy of Kate Ostryhon-Lumsden/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
1975 ROYAL CRESCENT
London East (East I), Ontario MLS® #30100568
Courtesy of DINA RATO/BLUE FOREST REALTY INC.
2908 MARION AVENUE
Terrace, British Columbia MLS® #30099177
Courtesy of Dawn Monsen/RE/MAX Coast Mountains
3206 - 50 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30099191
Courtesy of TRINA WANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
78 MAIN STREET
West Elgin (West Lorne), Ontario MLS® #30099153
Courtesy of NICOLE BARTLETT/COLDWELL BANKER STAR REAL ESTATE
431 - 30 DREAMERS WAY
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #30099393
Courtesy of LAURA ZHANG/EXP REALTY
2 - 2170 BROMSGROVE ROAD
Mississauga (Clarkson), Ontario MLS® #30099317
Courtesy of BOBBY BHOGAL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
163 - 23 COX BOULEVARD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30099300
Courtesy of Wilson Lee/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
342 NORTH SHORE ROAD
Rideau Lakes, Ontario MLS® #30100385
Courtesy of RICHARD GALLAGHER/RE/MAX FINEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
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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