Cabbagetown

Preserving Victorian Housing Architechture

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Cabbagetown is home to many artists, musicians, journalists, writers, lawyers, management consultants, and many other professionals.

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$2,175,000

2900 sqft

73 SUPERIOR Street

Devon, Alberta MLS® #29441052

Courtesy of Erin Holowach/ComFree

1400 sqft

4807 44 Ave

Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474

Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate

4000 sqft

7210 144 Avenue

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29357892

Courtesy of Taleb Choucair/REMAX River City

1320 sqft

1234 Not disclosed

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29232876

Courtesy of Pankaj Dua/MaxWell Polaris

$624,900

6 beds 4 baths 1592 sqft

2023 164 ST SW SW

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29444131

Courtesy of Eazy Obembe/Initia Real Estate

$259,900

1 baths

208 MCGUIRE BEACH ROAD

Kawartha Lakes (Carden), Ontario MLS® #29444174

Courtesy of WENDY COLLINS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

$340,000

1100 sqft

67 ST POLYCARP STREET

North Stormont, Ontario MLS® #29444542

Courtesy of PATRICK PIETTE/RE/MAX AFFILIATES MARQUIS LTD.

$679,900

5 beds 4 baths 2069 sqft

17124 68 ST NW

Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29444845

Courtesy of Duane Ritter/RE/MAX Real Estate

$1,300

1 beds 1 baths 500 sqft

416 LANCASTER Street W Unit# E

Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29444922

Courtesy of MATTHEW FIERLING/Flux Realty

$3,500

2 beds 2 baths 800 sqft

3102 - 115 BLUE JAYS WAY

Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29444958

Courtesy of JACQUIE OTHEN/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.

$799,000

5 beds 2 baths 2000 sqft

2196 RICHARD STREET

Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #29445019

Courtesy of SHAWN TAHRIRIHA/RE/MAX HALLMARK SHAHEEN & COMPANY

$1,550,000

4 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

4 HAYWOOD DRIVE

Markham (Victoria Manor-Jennings Gate), Ontario MLS® #29445021

Courtesy of DAVID ELFASSY/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.

$975,000

5 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

20 JEREMY PLACE

Brampton (Northgate), Ontario MLS® #29445088

Courtesy of CHRISTINE MONCKTON/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates

$599,900

2 beds 2 baths 1126 sqft

15 GLEBE Street Unit# 902

Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29444698

Courtesy of Jackie Pfeffer/Re/Max Icon Realty

$699,900

4 beds 2 baths 1500 sqft

6711 MCMICKING STREET

Niagara Falls (Stamford), Ontario MLS® #29444511

Courtesy of Jordan Coons/EXP REALTY

$2,150

2 beds 1 baths

1805 - 180 FRONT STREET E

Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29444744

Courtesy of DANIEL XIAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.

$2,199,999

4 beds 3 baths 3000 sqft

35 DENNIS DRIVE

King (King City), Ontario MLS® #29444561

Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/LPT REALTY

$975,000

2900 sqft

108 PARKDALE Avenue N

Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29444578

Courtesy of Bryan Faldowski/Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc.

$1,699,000

6 beds 5 baths 3560 sqft

241 HUMPHREY Street

Waterdown, Ontario MLS® #29444580

Courtesy of Nick Daymond/Keller Williams Edge Realty

$3,800

4 beds 3 baths 3500 sqft

1 - 46 EASTMAN DRIVE

Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29444585

Courtesy of DAVID MICHAEL CEFAI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY

$899,999

2 sqft

2180-2186 HWY 141

Muskoka Lakes (Watt), Ontario MLS® #29444600

Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE

$5,000

3 beds 2 baths 1000 sqft

2910 - 488 UNIVERSITY AVENUE

Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29444530

Courtesy of IRENE HERMAN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.

$7,275

3 beds 2 baths 1200 sqft

PH17 - 88 BATHURST STREET

Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29444528

Courtesy of VALERIE KO/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA

$848,888

3 beds 2 baths 1400 sqft

825 - 25 AUSTIN DRIVE

Markham (Markville), Ontario MLS® #29444559

Courtesy of DAVID RICHARD PATTERSON/KELLER WILLIAMS ADVANTAGE REALTY

$1,359,000

4 beds 4 baths 3000 sqft

31 BERGENSTEIN CRES CRESCENT

Pelham (Fonthill), Ontario MLS® #29444422

Courtesy of Cindy Raskob/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY

$3,300

4 beds 3 baths 1100 sqft

75 OLIVIA PLACE

Hamilton (Meadowlands), Ontario MLS® #29445312

Courtesy of SUMIT TAGGAR/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY

$829,900

5 beds 2 baths 1669 sqft

47 DALEWOOD Crescent

Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29445278

Courtesy of Katy Jobe/PureRealty Brokerage

$2,300

3 beds 1 baths 1100 sqft

150 MANITOU CRESCENT W

Loyalist (Amherstview), Ontario MLS® #29444890

Courtesy of ROXANNA GHOLAMI/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE

$414,900

4 beds 2 baths 1500 sqft

32 ORTONA CIRCLE N

Prince Edward County (Hallowell Ward), Ontario MLS® #29445139

Courtesy of Steven Sensenstein/CENTURY 21 LANTHORN REAL ESTATE LTD.

$515,000

2 beds 2 baths 1250 sqft

404 9958 Daniel St

Chemainus, British Columbia MLS® #29445305

Courtesy of Michael Pickard/RE/MAX Generation (CH)

$699,000

5 beds 3 baths 1100 sqft

57 LOWRY SQUARE

Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #29444768

Courtesy of KUMAR SELVARATNAM/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.

$1,299,900

4 beds 4 baths 2500 sqft

30 LEADEN HALL DRIVE

East Gwillimbury (Queensville), Ontario MLS® #29444554

Courtesy of MARC FOWLES/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.

$899,000

3 beds 3 baths 1100 sqft

124 GRENBECK DRIVE

Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #29444547

Courtesy of NICK CUONG CHUONG/LPT REALTY

$629,999

6 beds 2 baths 1500 sqft

336 DIVISION STREET

Kingston (East of Sir John A. Blvd), Ontario MLS® #29445317

Courtesy of JABED HOSSAIN/RE/MAX METROPOLIS REALTY

$2,700

4 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

225 DINGMAN STREET

Wellington North (Arthur), Ontario MLS® #29444713

Courtesy of PAUL VAN GROOTHEEST/Century 21 Excalibur Realty Inc

$259,900

1 beds 1 baths 500 sqft

408 - 316 KINGSDALE AVENUE

Kingston (East Gardiners Rd), Ontario MLS® #29445350

Courtesy of TREVOR TOMPKINS/EXP REALTY, BROKERAGE

$2,000

1 beds 1 baths 500 sqft

209 - 9582 MARKHAM ROAD

Markham (Wismer), Ontario MLS® #29445432

Courtesy of SUTHARSAN MAHADEVAN/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.

$1,099,997

4 beds 2 baths 1100 sqft

36 CONNORVALE AVENUE

Toronto (Alderwood), Ontario MLS® #29445463

Courtesy of JON BLUMENTHAL/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY

$2,375

2 beds 2 baths 1000 sqft

81 - 100 DUFAY ROAD

Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29445468

Courtesy of AMANDA SISCO/RED HOUSE REALTY

$3,200,000

672 Isabella Point Rd

Salt Spring, British Columbia MLS® #29445451

Courtesy of Ian Brown/Newport Realty Ltd.

$3,195,000

4 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

12 ELLIOTT AVENUE

Toronto (Kingsway South), Ontario MLS® #29445475

Courtesy of JUSTINE FERNIE/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY

$899,900

5 beds 4 baths 2000 sqft

257 WRIGHT CRESCENT

Niagara-on-the-Lake (Glendale), Ontario MLS® #29445487

Courtesy of Chantel Nightingale/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.

$570,000

2 beds 3 baths 1831 sqft

402 Pasqua Lake ROAD

North Qu'Appelle Rm No. 187, Saskatchewan MLS® #29445494

Courtesy of Elisha Demyen/Authentic Realty Inc.

$2,800

2 beds 2 baths 778 sqft

215 SHERWAY GARDENS Road Unit# 707

Toronto, Ontario MLS® #29444693

Courtesy of Cathy Sciarra/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY

$2,100

2 beds 1 baths 768 sqft

25 S WELLINGTON Street Unit# 408

Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29445456

Courtesy of MATHEW TOUSSAINT/eXp Realty, Brokerage

$729,500

4 beds 3 baths

51 Tuckers Way

Stratford, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29445026

Courtesy of Taralynn Arsenault/KELLER WILLIAMS SELECT REALTY

$594,900

5 beds 2 baths 1100 sqft

112 BORLAND STREET E

Orillia, Ontario MLS® #29445273

Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY

$2,800

3 beds 1 baths 700 sqft

MAIN - 83 CORNWALLIS DRIVE

Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #29445413

Courtesy of ALAN SHAO/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.

$899,000

3 beds 3 baths 1100 sqft

29 BREEZEWAY CRESCENT

Richmond Hill (Rouge Woods), Ontario MLS® #29445437

Courtesy of JOHN QIAN/SMART SOLD REALTY

$1,600,000

80 & 82 BASE LINE ROAD W

London South (South E), Ontario MLS® #29445773

Courtesy of ADAM PATEL/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.

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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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