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.
4714 ANNANDALE Road
Dundas, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30460107
Courtesy of Jessica Misener/EXIT Realty PEI
3248 Old Sambro Road
Williamswood, Nova Scotia MLS® #30460210
Courtesy of Kelly Brown/Keller Williams Select Realty
42 SHERMAN Avenue S Unit# MAIN
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30460289
Courtesy of Hayley Redmond/Coldwell Banker Community Professionals
80 MIDCREST CIRCLE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #30460429
Courtesy of Pardeep Singh/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
73 - 601 SHORELINE DRIVE
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #30460431
Courtesy of HARPREET SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
7 Summit Heights Road
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #30460695
Courtesy of Kaycee Bessette/Engel & Volkers
2519 - 30 SHORE BREEZE DRIVE E
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30460265
Courtesy of KEVIN KILISLIAN/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
445 KENNEDY CIRCLE W
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #30460830
Courtesy of NAVEED AHMAD/CITYSCAPE REAL ESTATE LTD.
2 OLDE TOWN ROAD
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek Village), Ontario MLS® #30460842
Courtesy of JULIE MARIE SCARLETT/Royal LePage Real Estate Associates
1863 SHAVER Road
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #30461078
Courtesy of Rob Golfi/RE/MAX Escarpment Golfi Realty Inc.
TH101 - 825 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #30460955
Courtesy of MATTHEW MAH/RE/MAX EXCEL TITAN
102 45761 STEVENSON ROAD|Sardis East Vedder
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #30461148
Courtesy of Clayton Newberry/Pathway Executives Realty Inc.
523 FLAGSTAFF DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30461198
Courtesy of Saurabh Garg/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
308E 1115 Craigflower Rd
Esquimalt, British Columbia MLS® #30461206
Courtesy of Alex Lapinski/Coldwell Banker Oceanside Real Estate
1112 - 3883 QUARTZ ROAD
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30461225
Courtesy of VIC SINGH/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
101 COPE STREET
Hamilton (Homeside), Ontario MLS® #30461092
Courtesy of LYNSEY FOSTER/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
35 - 129 CONCESSION STREET E
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #30459941
Courtesy of SAHIL SHARMA/Affinity Real Estate
311 Templeside Circle NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30461275
Courtesy of Sharandeep Jawanda/Town Residential
248 ELKA DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Crosby), Ontario MLS® #30461408
Courtesy of DARIUSH HANIFEH/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
3 CYPRESS AV
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #30461415
Courtesy of Lindsay Cottrell/NOW Real Estate Group
8 Beverly Avenue
Salmon River, Nova Scotia MLS® #30460114
Courtesy of Rachel Keddy/Royal LePage Truro Real Estate
7 ASTRANIA WAY
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #30459910
Courtesy of RAJIV DHAWAN/ESTATE #1 REALTY SERVICES INC.
2988 COUNTY 44 ROAD
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen (Belmont-Methuen), Ontario MLS® #30459972
Courtesy of Corey Bruce/Exp Realty
116 LAMETTI Drive
Fonthill, Ontario MLS® #30459883
Courtesy of John Paul Gulbis/Rock Star Real Estate Inc.
51 METEORITE STREET
Richmond Hill (Observatory), Ontario MLS® #30459908
Courtesy of JOEY ZHOU/CENTURY 21 LANDUNION REALTY INC.
G3 2065 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #30459960
Courtesy of John Chung/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
3314 SMOKE TREE ROAD
Mississauga (Lisgar), Ontario MLS® #30460640
Courtesy of RANJIT NIJJAR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
180 Flyreel Lane
Enfield, Nova Scotia MLS® #30460133
Courtesy of Randy Beal/Sutton Group Professional Realty
542 - 47 LOWER RIVER STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30461580
Courtesy of SCOTT STARKE/RARE REAL ESTATE
307 - 84 ASPEN SPRINGS DRIVE
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #30460981
Courtesy of GEORGIANA JOYCE WOODS/REMAX CONNECT REALTY
242 WEST 17TH Street Unit# Lower
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30460861
Courtesy of Bailey Smith/Revel Realty Inc.
157 HIGHGATE HEIGHTS
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #30460854
Courtesy of PARTH DHARMESHBHAI JANI/HOUSESIGMA INC.
5594 MEADOWCREST AVENUE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30460828
Courtesy of TYSON W. CAFE-RUOFF/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
7709 29th Avenue
Coleman, Alberta MLS® #30460746
Courtesy of Oliver Strickland/Century 21 Foothills South Real Estate
5 - 215 PINE STREET
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #30460335
Courtesy of GREG SYROTA/Century 21 Millennium Inc.
249 CLARENCE Street
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30460323
Courtesy of Alla Sharma/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
133 VILLAGE Road Unit# B
Wellesley, Ontario MLS® #30460291
Courtesy of Corry Van Iersel/Vancor Realty Inc.
360 BROCK STREET E
Thunder Bay (Westfort), Ontario MLS® #30460804
Courtesy of Paul Glover/Royal LePage® Lannon Realty
33 Albany Street
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30460791
Courtesy of Rod Pike/RE/MAX Realty Specialists
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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