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.
102 - 1 SUDBURY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30379050
Courtesy of SAL CAMERA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
46 HONEY CRESCENT
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #30379062
Courtesy of ALYSSA PERSAUD/COLDWELL BANKER - R.M.R. REAL ESTATE
309 - 51 YORK MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills), Ontario MLS® #30379081
Courtesy of JOLLY WENMIN CHEN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
427 - 65 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30379086
Courtesy of JIMMY HE/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2B - 658 DUNDAS STREET W
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30379048
Courtesy of TOM CERULLO/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE CONDOSDEAL REALTY
501 SUNSET BEACH ROAD
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox), Ontario MLS® #30379093
Courtesy of ANNIE VARBEDIAN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
104 AMANDA Walk
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30379012
Courtesy of Sarah DiGiallonardo/Re/Max Icon Realty
96 Brazil Street
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30379308
Courtesy of Trent Squires/RE/MAX Infinity Realty Inc.
3 - 976 SHADELAND AVENUE
Burlington (LaSalle), Ontario MLS® #30379315
Courtesy of GREG KUCHMA/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
52 NORTHHAVEN ROAD
Welland (N. Welland), Ontario MLS® #30379295
Courtesy of Deb Braun/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
502 Conception Bay Highway
Holyrood, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30379310
Courtesy of Krystal Gibbons/3% Realty East Coast
100 CENTRE STREET N
Brampton (Brampton North), Ontario MLS® #30379067
Courtesy of JAIDEV GAIND/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
177 HEDGE ROAD
Georgina (Sutton & Jackson's Point), Ontario MLS® #30379466
Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/LPT REALTY
68 RIVERDALE DRIVE
Hamilton (Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #30379947
Courtesy of NATE SWABY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
733 3rd AVENUE
Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan MLS® #30379904
Courtesy of Keri Simpson/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
275 DE L'ETANG STREET
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #30379168
Courtesy of Chantal Benoit/RE/MAX DELTA REALTY
UPPER - 58 CARRICK AVENUE
Toronto (Corso Italia-Davenport), Ontario MLS® #30379637
Courtesy of NICOLE ANNE-MARI FRENDO-CUMBO/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
124 2nd AVENUE W
Montmartre, Saskatchewan MLS® #30379694
Courtesy of Vasiliki (Vicki) Schnurr/eXp Realty
160 LAWRENCE AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Harding), Ontario MLS® #30379839
Courtesy of ANDREW IPEKIAN/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
3250 SUNLIGHT STREET
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30379872
Courtesy of HELIO DOMINGOS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
6 CUDDLES COURT
Caledon (Bolton East), Ontario MLS® #30379877
Courtesy of GIANLUCA FORGIONE/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
16 WARREN CRESCENT
Toronto (Lambton Baby Point), Ontario MLS® #30379884
Courtesy of JAMES HALL/PROPERTY.CA INC.
7 SALT CREEK TERRACE
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #30379889
Courtesy of KENNETH SYLVESTER TOPPIN/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
30 BROOKWATER CRESCENT
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #30379891
Courtesy of AMARJIT SINGH CHERA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
13 - 242 UPPER MOUNT ALBION ROAD
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #30379930
Courtesy of ROB KUTLESA/ROYAL LEPAGE STATE REALTY
10 - 1021 GRANDVIEW HILLTOP DRIVE
Huntsville (Chaffey), Ontario MLS® #30379764
Courtesy of JENNAH MCINTYRE/Chestnut Park Real Estate
101 3504 13TH AVENUE
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #30379524
Courtesy of John Chung/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
116 JORDYN'S COURT
Loyalist (Amherstview), Ontario MLS® #30380040
Courtesy of TAMI TRAYNOR/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
57 Main Street
Mt. Moriah, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30380103
Courtesy of Stephen Shepherd/RE/MAX Realty Professionals Ltd. - Corner Brook
47 DEERBOURNE DR
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #30380108
Courtesy of Kevin J. Kinsella/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
38 - 430 MAPLEVIEW DRIVE E
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #30380122
Courtesy of JESSICA CRUIKSHANK/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
BASEMENT - 510 EDEN BROOK HILL DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #30380139
Courtesy of VICTOR DANG/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
24 ACORN AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30380141
Courtesy of NIMESH SHAH/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
2493 NEWCASTLE CRESCENT
Oakville (WT West Oak Trails), Ontario MLS® #30380146
Courtesy of ANUM RAUF/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
90 LAKESIDE Drive
Grimsby, Ontario MLS® #30380153
Courtesy of E. Martin Mazza/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
663 WOODWARD Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30380158
Courtesy of Bryan Faldowski/Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc.
60 FREDERICK Street Unit# 611
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30380165
Courtesy of Hady Amin/eXp Realty, Brokerage
21 7071 Lantzville Rd
Lantzville, British Columbia MLS® #30380172
Courtesy of Joni Mahy/Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty (NanIsHwyN)
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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