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.
2807 - 403 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30421515
Courtesy of RAJAN VANAIK/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
TH108 - 5 VALHALLA INN ROAD
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30421522
Courtesy of KEVIN CHOU/FREEMAN REAL ESTATE LTD.
LOWER - 8 UNION STREET
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #30421539
Courtesy of MOHAMMAD NIAZI/SIXROOFS REALTY
GROUND - 153 HOLLYBERRY TRAIL
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #30421534
Courtesy of CHARLIE YANG/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
44 CONNAUGHT AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30421510
Courtesy of PARSA SALIMI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
UNIT4 - 370 LIPPINCOTT STREET
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #30421511
Courtesy of QUN JIN/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
497 SIMCOE STREET
London East (East K), Ontario MLS® #30421516
Courtesy of Jagpreet Singh/Bridge Realty
3732 - 5 MABELLE AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30421523
Courtesy of GINA ZHENG/HOMECOMFORT REALTY INC.
1707 - 70 TEMPERANCE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30421535
Courtesy of JENNY JIAN/MAPLE LIFE REALTY INC.
28 WALNUT Drive
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30421554
Courtesy of Rahul Bhimani/Re/Max Real Estate Centre Inc
621 BYRON STREET S
Whitby (Downtown Whitby), Ontario MLS® #30421517
Courtesy of RAVI SHANKAR KYGONAHALLI/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
11473 MOORE ROAD N
Wainfleet (Marshville/Winger), Ontario MLS® #30421505
Courtesy of JoAnne Stirling/Century 21 Heritage House LTD
1045 MANNINGTON LANE
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #30421550
Courtesy of LAURA GIRAUDY/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
1601 - 1 ELM DRIVE W
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30421548
Courtesy of Tommy Hua/RE/MAX ADVANCE REALTY
1210 - 75 ONEIDA CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #30421543
Courtesy of JAY CHEN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
SIDE ROAD 20 CONCESSION 1, PART LOT 19 ROAD
Wainfleet (Lakeshore), Ontario MLS® #30421506
Courtesy of JoAnne Stirling/Century 21 Heritage House LTD
1510 - 761 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30421513
Courtesy of ADAM MACDONALD/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
82 BALLYMORE DRIVE
Aurora (Bayview Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30421520
Courtesy of FEI LIU/SMART SOLD REALTY
17 MCINTOSH AVENUE
Chatham-Kent (Chatham), Ontario MLS® #30421525
Courtesy of Justina Sam/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
214 - 670 GORDON STREET
Whitby (Port Whitby), Ontario MLS® #30421537
Courtesy of AMANDA SMALL/MANHATTAN REALTY INC.
UPPER - 135 NUGENT DRIVE
Hamilton (Kentley), Ontario MLS® #30421551
Courtesy of SUMIT NAGPAL/ELIXIR REAL ESTATE INC.
LOWER - 82 CAINES AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30421532
Courtesy of JENNI FERNANDEZ/Avenue Group Realty Inc.
511 150 OAK PARK BOULEVARD
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #30421545
Courtesy of ROBERT LU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
18 JOSEPH STREET
Laurentian Hills, Ontario MLS® #30421502
Courtesy of Chris Marion/RE/MAX PEMBROKE REALTY LTD.
438 CHRISTIE STREET
Toronto (Wychwood), Ontario MLS® #30421514
Courtesy of BENJAMIN YU/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
12 ROGERS ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #30421526
Courtesy of MASON CHIU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
MAIN - 82 CAINES AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30421533
Courtesy of JENNI FERNANDEZ/Avenue Group Realty Inc.
573 HOMEWOOD AVENUE
Peterborough (Town Ward 3), Ontario MLS® #30419053
Courtesy of Ken Barrick/Royal LePage ProAlliance Realty
LOWER - 408 RIDGEWOOD CRESCENT
London South (South D), Ontario MLS® #30419058
Courtesy of COLENE WELLS/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
2058 WESTPOINT HEIGHTS
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #30419060
Courtesy of JUSTIN VAN ECK/BLUE FOREST REALTY INC.
LOWER 2 - 10 TINDER CRESCENT
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #30419109
Courtesy of DRAGI DODEVSKI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
65 PRINCEMERE CRESCENT
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #30419130
Courtesy of OLIVER QI LE FAN/ELITE CAPITAL REALTY INC.
14 DAVID DRIVE
Toronto (Morningside), Ontario MLS® #30419135
Courtesy of DILYAR MURAT/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
14 BRIARWOOD PLACE
Innisfil (Cookstown), Ontario MLS® #30419147
Courtesy of CATHERINE MITCHELL WEAVER/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
#2 - 339 LAKESHORE ROAD E
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #30419180
Courtesy of KY JOSEPH/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM REALTY INC.
35 GRANT Avenue Unit# 4
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30419267
Courtesy of Cory Stewart Greenwood/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
1865 Jennens Road
West Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #30419255
Courtesy of Todd Simpson/Royal LePage Kelowna
52 BEACON DRIVE
Brighton, Ontario MLS® #30418815
Courtesy of Kim Herrington/Royal LePage ProAlliance 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
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide