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
1003-1087 Parsons Road SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29661678
Courtesy of Ricky Aujla/Century 21 Bravo Realty
27 WILEY STREET
St. Catharines (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29713264
Courtesy of Teresa Lynn Hoogendam/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
65 LIBERTY CRESCENT
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #29713269
Courtesy of KIRKOR GREGORY ISTANBUL/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
2202 BROOKHAVEN CRESCENT
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #29713276
Courtesy of NEESH BUTTOO/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
105 STONEBROOK WAY
Grey Highlands, Ontario MLS® #29713290
Courtesy of CLIANTHA CANDIDA FERNANDES/RE/MAX MILLENNIUM REAL ESTATE
5481 MIDDLEPORT CRESCENT
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29713322
Courtesy of CHRISTO LOURANTOS/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
293138 8TH LINE
Amaranth, Ontario MLS® #29713334
Courtesy of LORIE ANN HADDOCK/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
2202 BROOKHAVEN Crescent
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #29713214
Courtesy of NEESH BUTTOO/RE/MAX Aboutowne Realty Corp.
9 - 11 ELDORA AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29713252
Courtesy of KATHY HOSSEINALI SAMIEI/HOMELIFE CLASSIC REALTY INC.
TH4 - 175 PEARS AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29713303
Courtesy of JOE TU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1708 - 50 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29713257
Courtesy of NANCY XIN WANG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
203 - 195 BONIS AVENUE
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #29713310
Courtesy of HELEN YANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
3938 AREND DRIVE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29713081
Courtesy of Jorden Birks/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
9 SHREWSBURY DRIVE
Whitby (Brooklin), Ontario MLS® #29713260
Courtesy of KSENIA WARHOL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
10 HAWTHORNE LANE
Aurora (Aurora Village), Ontario MLS® #29713272
Courtesy of CHRIS IPRAKOVSKI/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
92 INDIAN ROAD
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29713277
Courtesy of MICHEL LOZIER/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
810 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
Peterborough (Ashburnham Ward 4), Ontario MLS® #29713291
Courtesy of REBA REZVANIAN/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
121 - 3621 HIGHWAY 7 E
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29713265
Courtesy of JAMES LU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
96 Kayle Drive
Fortune Bridge, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29713188
Courtesy of Janessa Wolters/ISLAND HOMES PEI REAL ESTATE
105 - 80 ACADIA AVENUE
Markham (Milliken Mills West), Ontario MLS® #29713316
Courtesy of KWAN WIN MAK/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
52 FOXACRE ROW
Brampton (Madoc), Ontario MLS® #29713323
Courtesy of MANPREET SIDHU/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
49 MILENNIUM PARKWAY
Belleville (Thurlow Ward), Ontario MLS® #29713335
Courtesy of REBA REZVANIAN/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
8 GAMBLE STREET
Halton Hills (Glen Williams), Ontario MLS® #29713328
Courtesy of DAVID ROBBIO/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
611 - 858 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29713330
Courtesy of GEN SHIMANUKI/EXP REALTY
22 WATERWHEEL Crescent
Waterdown, Ontario MLS® #29713215
Courtesy of Russell Gardner/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
2347 HOLLYBROOK DRIVE
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #29713241
Courtesy of ANTHONY DANKO/Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage
301 - 322 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29713304
Courtesy of ALI KAROVALIA/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
369 LONGWORTH AVENUE
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29713246
Courtesy of Carole McIntyre/THE NOOK REALTY INC.
11 CALAMINT LANE
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #29713309
Courtesy of RAYMOND M.C. LEE/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
14 WESTHAMPTON DRIVE
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #29713278
Courtesy of RANDY AQUI/MAIN STREET REALTY LTD.
81 HELSTON CRESCENT
Whitby (Brooklin), Ontario MLS® #29713261
Courtesy of BETTY DENG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
323 - 8323 KENNEDY ROAD
Markham (Village Green-South Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29713266
Courtesy of LAWRENCE EDMUND MAK/EXP REALTY
22 ZEBRA TRAIL
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29713280
Courtesy of MATTHEW DANIEL TAMBURELLO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
96 Kayle Drive
Fortune Bridge, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29713189
Courtesy of Janessa Wolters/ISLAND HOMES PEI REAL ESTATE
506 - 21 PARK STREET E
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29713324
Courtesy of ARIA SHAHI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3305 BURDOCK PLACE
Mississauga (Mississauga Valleys), Ontario MLS® #29713329
Courtesy of RYAN GOZLI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
034541 CONC 8-9 EAST LUTHER GRAND VALLEY
East Luther Grand Valley, Ontario MLS® #29713336
Courtesy of LORIE ANN HADDOCK/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
120 VALLEY VISTA DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29713317
Courtesy of YURI POLANSKY/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
22 ZEBRA Trail
Brampton, Ontario MLS® #29713216
Courtesy of Matthew Daniel Tamburello/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY BROKERAGE
982 MAPLE HEIGHTS ROAD
Quesnel, British Columbia MLS® #29713165
Courtesy of Curtis Burbs Burbee/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Qsnl)
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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