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.
307 - 5168 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #30436103
Courtesy of ALBERTO HE CHEN/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
4401 - 386 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30436071
Courtesy of WINHAN WONG/SUTTON GROUP-ASSOCIATES REALTY INC.
204 SANDBROOK ROAD
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #30436095
Courtesy of ADAM BATTAGLIA/RARE REAL ESTATE
677 - 23 COX BOULEVARD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30436110
Courtesy of ISAAC HSIEH/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
81 PEARL LAKE ROAD
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #30436083
Courtesy of ELVA YIN TSING LEE/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
15 WILLOW DRIVE
Augusta, Ontario MLS® #30436108
Courtesy of Debra Lynn Currier/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
35 WALTER TUNNY CRESCENT
East Gwillimbury, Ontario MLS® #30436189
Courtesy of JANE ZHANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2111 - 665 BATHGATE DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30436502
Courtesy of Jane Davis/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
UPPER - 62 VICTORIA ROAD N
Guelph (St. George's), Ontario MLS® #30436526
Courtesy of SEAN BAKER/eXp Realty
12 BRADGATE DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30436653
Courtesy of Nick J. Kyte/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
3904 Wilkinson Rd
Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30436766
Courtesy of David Stevens/Royal LePage Coast Capital - Chatterton
3446 BERTRAND DRIVE
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30436576
Courtesy of SUSAN LANCASTER/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS
1481 Granville Road
Port Wade, Nova Scotia MLS® #30436386
Courtesy of Paul Wear/RE/MAX Banner Real Estate(Annapolis Royal)
416 LEES LANE
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #30437219
Courtesy of RITA SINGH/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
7 BRIAR LANE
Hamilton (Dundas), Ontario MLS® #30437226
Courtesy of JOEY ZURINI/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
51 FRENCH CRESCENT
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #30436468
Courtesy of Curtus Collins/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
2101 - 1515 LAKESHORE ROAD E
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #30437221
Courtesy of VIVIANE NUNES/EXP REALTY
41 SUGAR MAY AVENUE
Thorold (Rolling Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30437233
Courtesy of KRITIKA SOIN/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
508 BROOKMILL Crescent
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30437240
Courtesy of JENNIFER CAMERON/RE/MAX SOLID GOLD REALTY (II) LTD.
19 BERKHOUT TERRACE
Pelham (Fonthill), Ontario MLS® #30437113
Courtesy of Christine Gazzola/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
15 Sillery Drive
Valley, Nova Scotia MLS® #30437308
Courtesy of Christine Chalmers/Keller Williams Select Realty (Truro)
1795 Country Club Road Unit# 206
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #30437257
Courtesy of Melody Collo/Zolo Realty
507 13 Street SE
Slave Lake, Alberta MLS® #30437517
Courtesy of KATEE NELSON/ROYAL LEPAGE PROGRESSIVE REALTY
94 YORK STREET
Bluewater (Hensall), Ontario MLS® #30436235
Courtesy of STEVE STIRE/THRIVE REALTY GROUP INC.
12 SPRING STREET
Prince Edward County (Picton), Ontario MLS® #30436362
Courtesy of Pat Benson Moore/Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited
103 ALAMOSA DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30436533
Courtesy of DAVID XIE/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
56 SIR HENRY COURT
King (King City), Ontario MLS® #30436564
Courtesy of JOE SARACENI/RE/MAX WEST SIGNATURE REALTY INC.
21 CORLEY STREET
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #30436588
Courtesy of JAY NADARAJAH/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
M - 3033 TOWNLINE ROAD
Fort Erie (Black Creek), Ontario MLS® #30436590
Courtesy of VIC PARASHAR/TFN REALTY INC.
160 BIRCHCLIFFE Crescent
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30436608
Courtesy of Laura Doucette/Sutton Group Innovative Realty Inc.
605 - 716 THE WEST MALL ROAD
Toronto (Eringate-Centennial-West Deane), Ontario MLS® #30436583
Courtesy of FRANK LOMBARDI/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
31 BENDINGROAD Crescent
St. Catharines, Ontario MLS® #30436610
Courtesy of Steve Augustine/Your Home Sold Guaranteed Realty Elite
258104 48 Street W
Rural Foothills County, Alberta MLS® #30436223
Courtesy of TJ Hart-Anderson/RE/MAX Complete Realty
5333 Granville Road
Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia MLS® #30436665
Courtesy of Lynn Zavitz/RE/MAX Banner Real Estate(Annapolis Royal)
80 SMITH STREET
Kitimat, British Columbia MLS® #30437245
Courtesy of Giuseppe Bravo/Century 21 Northwest Realty Ltd.
3313 TAHA GARDENS
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30437036
Courtesy of JABRAN RAJA WAHEED/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
2 - 462 HORNER AVENUE
Toronto (Alderwood), Ontario MLS® #30437048
Courtesy of TARA NEAL MCNALLY/ROYAL LEPAGE PORRITT REAL ESTATE
115 GRAPEVINE ROAD
Caledon (Bolton West), Ontario MLS® #30437050
Courtesy of PINO BORINO/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
285 JOHNSON DRIVE
Shelburne, Ontario MLS® #30437062
Courtesy of JASBIR KAUR/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
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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