4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
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.
400 5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier Real Estate
28 Milton Road
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29244531
Courtesy of DEBBIE BUDDEN/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
LOT 2 LOEPPKY PLACE
Terrace, British Columbia MLS® #29316180
Courtesy of Adam Coultish/Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp.
1506 Cole Harbour Road
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29311582
Courtesy of Karina Sanford/Royal LePage Atlantic
101 - 830 MEGSON TERRACE
Milton (WI Willmott), Ontario MLS® #29311671
Courtesy of ERIC CHEN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
1926 Georgetown Road
Roseneath, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29311676
Courtesy of Kellie Houston/PROVINCIAL REALTY
195 ROSETHORN AVENUE
Toronto (Keelesdale-Eglinton West), Ontario MLS® #29311669
Courtesy of ANDREW SALITURO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
201 - 1852 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #29311979
Courtesy of DAVID ELFASSY/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
1843 SCARTH STREET
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29311683
Courtesy of John Chung/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
3 TILLINGHAST LANE
Toronto (Scarborough Village), Ontario MLS® #29311777
Courtesy of ALLISTER JOHN SINCLAIR/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
1762 WHITE CEDAR DRIVE
Pickering (Amberlea), Ontario MLS® #29311633
Courtesy of ANNA WOOD/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
55 - 70 KNOTSBERRY CIRCLE
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #29311501
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
11 MOOREHEAD CRESCENT
Brampton (Heart Lake East), Ontario MLS® #29312876
Courtesy of JAS GILL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
159 CRADDOCK Boulevard
Jarvis, Ontario MLS® #29314086
Courtesy of Eric Gaudreau/Pay It Forward Realty
#201 10743 107 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29314074
Courtesy of Cameron W. Melville/RE/MAX Real Estate
146 46360 VALLEYVIEW ROAD|Promontory
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29313913
Courtesy of Jayden Lee/Century 21 Creekside Realty (Luckakuck)
109 1785 MARTIN DRIVE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29313963
Courtesy of Bonnie McLean/Real Broker B.C. Ltd.
Lot 433 Everwood Avenue
Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia MLS® #29313987
Courtesy of Julie Kells/Engel & Volkers
1007 - 108 GARMENT STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29314050
Courtesy of ALEXANDRA BORONDY/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
117 Hillside Road
Brooklyn, Nova Scotia MLS® #29313641
Courtesy of Ann Levy/EXIT Realty Inter Lake (Liverpool)
542 KEMP ROAD
Williams Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29313590
Courtesy of Lynda Colgate/RE/MAX Williams Lake Realty
36 - 60 FIRST STREET
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #29313773
Courtesy of PRIYA CHAUHAN/CENTURY 21 MILLENNIUM INC.
116 Main STREET
Avonlea, Saskatchewan MLS® #29312908
Courtesy of Ryan Culbert/Century 21 Dome Realty Inc.
32 Chambers Road
Kakabeka Falls, Ontario MLS® #29312333
Courtesy of BEV DELARUE/STREETCITY REALTY INC.
261 LACOURSE LANE
Lanark Highlands, Ontario MLS® #29314911
Courtesy of Christina Simpson/SOLID ROCK REALTY
575 Sutherland Avenue Unit# 304
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29313033
Courtesy of Tim Stanfield/RE/MAX Kelowna
307, 400 Mackenzie Boulevard
Fort McMurray, Alberta MLS® #29315281
Courtesy of SUZANNE ANDERSON/RE/MAX Connect
81 VALRIDGE Drive Unit# 20
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #29314865
Courtesy of Gary Vandervelde/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
700 LAWRENCE Road Unit# 103
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29315065
Courtesy of Ursula Askey/Corcoran Horizon Realty
2249 MCGOVERN ROAD W
North Grenville, Ontario MLS® #29313879
Courtesy of Diana Delisle/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
25 TEMPLAR DRIVE
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #29311556
Courtesy of SERGEY BURMISTROV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2FC6 - 4675 STEELES AVENUE E
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #29315806
Courtesy of JACK LI/JDL REALTY INC.
9985 PRODAHL ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29313886
Courtesy of Ricki Hadley/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
10 & 20, 30061 Range Road 23
Rural Mountain View County, Alberta MLS® #29314699
Courtesy of Rayel Walker/Quest Realty
788 Stewiacke River Park Road
MacKay Siding, Nova Scotia MLS® #29311462
Courtesy of Natasha Head/Hants Realty Ltd.
55 DUKE Street W Unit# 2403
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29311518
Courtesy of KAITLIN ZIMMER/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
200 7 St. Anne Street
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29308248
Courtesy of Guy C. Hebert/Bermont Realty (1983) Ltd
Lot 29 Salmon Run Road
Newburne, Nova Scotia MLS® #29312491
Courtesy of Cindy Evans/Royal LePage Atlantic (New Minas)
8 BIRCH CRESCENT
Ajax (Central), Ontario MLS® #29312504
Courtesy of JENNIFER FOLEY/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
SVE29 OLD HOPE PRINCETON HIGHWAY|Sunshine Valley
Sunshine Valley, British Columbia MLS® #29313312
Courtesy of Walter W Rawlinson/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
4957 Ney Dr
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #29314079
Courtesy of Michael Guan/Sutton Group-West Coast Realty (Nan)
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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