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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
12854 BENS ROAD
Charlie Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29749159
Courtesy of Kimberley Schwarz/Izon Realty
3306 Fairview AVE
THUNDER BAY, Ontario MLS® #29832546
Courtesy of CINDY ILLSON/RE/MAX FIRST CHOICE REALTY LTD.
1510 - 125 VILLAGE GREEN SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29831251
Courtesy of EMILY GAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
175 CONCESSION 2 ROAD
Brock, Ontario MLS® #29831256
Courtesy of DAVID IAN GREENHAM/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
3048 JENN AVENUE
Burlington (Alton), Ontario MLS® #29831268
Courtesy of CINDY ZHANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
4908 - 3900 CONFEDERATION PARKWAY
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29831270
Courtesy of ALICE WANG/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
130 ST DAVID STREET
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29832792
Courtesy of FATIMA BREGMAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
342 - 38 GRAND MAGAZINE STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29832773
Courtesy of BEBA VIEIRA/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
1612 - 4978 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29832780
Courtesy of MYRON DYLYNSKY/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
302 - 4K SPADINA AVENUE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29832797
Courtesy of RAYMOND WONG/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
615 PHARMACY AVENUE
Toronto (Clairlea-Birchmount), Ontario MLS® #29832812
Courtesy of KOSTA DERIS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
199 BOULTON AVENUE
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29832824
Courtesy of CLAUDIO CERRITO/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
110, 63 Belmont Passage SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29832829
Courtesy of David Lofthaug/Bode Platform Inc.
30032 HIGHWAY 48
Georgina (Pefferlaw), Ontario MLS® #29832831
Courtesy of STEVEN SARASIN/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
1430 SIMPKIN ROAD
Innisfil (Lefroy), Ontario MLS® #29832843
Courtesy of SAM PELUSO/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
125 GREEN BUSH CRESCENT
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #29832855
Courtesy of RICHARD DUGGAL/EXP REALTY
207 - 31 VICTORIA STREET
Strathroy-Caradoc (NW), Ontario MLS® #29832886
Courtesy of ANNE WOLF/SUTTON WOLF REALTY BROKERAGE
26 MARILYN CRESCENT
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #29832898
Courtesy of CHRISTINE MONCKTON/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
226 - 556 MARLEE AVENUE
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29832901
Courtesy of HELEN CHEONG/ORION REALTY CORPORATION
10 DANESBURY AVENUE
Toronto (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Ontario MLS® #29832906
Courtesy of ROSE MACCHIUSI/WEISS REALTY LTD.
MAIN - 55 HARTLEY AVENUE
Toronto (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Ontario MLS® #29832913
Courtesy of ROSANNE RUTH AGASEE/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
26 MAYFAIR CRESCENT
Brampton (Central Park), Ontario MLS® #29832920
Courtesy of SUNNY GAWRI/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
411 MCARTHUR AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29832937
Courtesy of Hamid Riahi/POWER MARKETING REAL ESTATE INC.
UNIT 5 - 246 MARLBOROUGH STREET
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29832956
Courtesy of NICK CROZIER/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
146 HAUN ROAD
Fort Erie (Crystal Beach), Ontario MLS® #29832975
Courtesy of JOSEPH D'ADDIO/ROYAL LEPAGE CITIZEN REALTY
36 SOPHIA STREET W
Barrie (Queen's Park), Ontario MLS® #29833106
Courtesy of SPENCER-KALEB YANKOWSKI/EXP REALTY
33 GOLFVIEW Crescent
Dundas, Ontario MLS® #29833118
Courtesy of Rebecca Foster/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
UPPER UNIT - 416 COLE ROAD
Guelph (Kortright West), Ontario MLS® #29833187
Courtesy of MARIANA IVANOVA/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
1903 - 70 LANDRY STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29833202
Courtesy of Daria Kark/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
UPPER - 138 APPLE RIDGE DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29832723
Courtesy of BISHOY TAWADROS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
7 EAST AIRPORT ROAD
Huntsville (Chaffey), Ontario MLS® #29832463
Courtesy of LEN CLARKE/Royal LePage Lakes Of Muskoka Realty
106 36 Southgate Drive
Bedford, Nova Scotia MLS® #29831624
Courtesy of Sylvia Large/Century 21 Trident Realty Ltd.
935 LEASK AVENUE
North Bay (Ferris), Ontario MLS® #29832639
Courtesy of BRADLEY CARRIERE/Century 21 Blue Sky Region Realty Inc., Brokerage
3701 NICO WYND DRIVE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29833649
Courtesy of Craig S Newsholme/Sutton Group-West Coast Realty
8034 BEAVER DRIVE
Mission, British Columbia MLS® #29833644
Courtesy of Nina Djuric/Stonehaus Realty Corp.
11 Breeze Circle
Simms Settlement, Nova Scotia MLS® #29833651
Courtesy of Kimberly Dempsey/Royal LePage Atlantic
14124 71 AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29833365
Courtesy of Devyanee Malhotra/Smart Start Realty Inc.
1006 - 30 WELLINGTON STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29833783
Courtesy of BRADEN WHITE/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
51 WINSTON CRESCENT
Whitby (Blue Grass Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29833461
Courtesy of IRENA LANZ/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
84 LONG DRIVE
Whitby (Blue Grass Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29833459
Courtesy of DAN PLOWMAN/DAN PLOWMAN TEAM REALTY INC.
1525 N BLACKBURN ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29833485
Courtesy of Carrie Nicholson/Century 21 Energy Realty (PG)
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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