73 SUPERIOR Street
Devon, Alberta MLS® #29441052
Courtesy of Erin Holowach/ComFree
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
S1205 - 120 BAYVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29449511
Courtesy of LINDA ING-GILBERT/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
3302 - 30 GIBBS ROAD
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29449523
Courtesy of Ena Kim/RETREND REALTY LTD
6358 LISGAR DRIVE
Mississauga (Lisgar), Ontario MLS® #29450760
Courtesy of GREGORY BALIAN/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
201 427 TAIT CRESCENT
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29450955
Courtesy of Shaun Renneberg/Realty Executives Saskatoon
13505 104a Street
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29450900
Courtesy of Helen Harder/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
39 TEMPLER Drive
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #29450501
Courtesy of Michael K. Johnson/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
6 - 2 COLUMBUS AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29450366
Courtesy of Jason Polonski/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
439 BIRCH STREET
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29450626
Courtesy of GREG SYROTA/Century 21 Millennium Inc.
298 ANGUS POINT ROAD
Machar, Ontario MLS® #29450640
Courtesy of TOM HARSANYI/RE/MAX Professionals North
19 VALLEY DRIVE
Parry Sound Remote Area (Golden Valley), Ontario MLS® #29450638
Courtesy of JULIE RAINVILLE/eXp Realty
4538 PENHALLOW ROAD
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #29449895
Courtesy of BONG PYO/HOME STANDARDS BRICKSTONE REALTY
21 DOROTHY CAINE CRESCENT
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #29451744
Courtesy of EMILY PASKAROU/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
324 - 1210 DON MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29451667
Courtesy of GILLIAN HULL/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1460 GARTH Street Unit# 6
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29450917
Courtesy of Rob Golfi/RE/MAX Escarpment Golfi Realty Inc.
52 LAKESPRING DRIVE
Markham (Cachet), Ontario MLS® #29450905
Courtesy of MARK XIAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
423 - 490 GORDON KRANTZ AVENUE
Milton (Walker), Ontario MLS® #29450929
Courtesy of ASIF IQBAL SYED/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
301 - 51 LADY BANK ROAD
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29450931
Courtesy of LEEANNE FRANCOMBE/ROYAL LEPAGE WEST REALTY GROUP LTD.
#104 6315 135 Avenue NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29450948
Courtesy of . Gurbir Nishan Singh/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
1 - 31 MOSS BOULEVARD
Hamilton (Dundas), Ontario MLS® #29450962
Courtesy of VINCE GUAGLIANO/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
318 SANDRINGHAM DRIVE
Clarington (Courtice), Ontario MLS® #29450892
Courtesy of CINDY SGROI/CINDY & CRAIG REAL ESTATE LTD.
919 BRUCEDALE Avenue E Unit# Lower
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29450912
Courtesy of Ruben Furtado/Rock Star Real Estate Inc.
Street 302 Assiniboia STREET
Balgonie, Saskatchewan MLS® #29450234
Courtesy of Heather Markus/eXp Realty
230 LANCASTER STREET W
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29451232
Courtesy of MILA KOLOVIC/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
115 ALBERT STREET N
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #29451225
Courtesy of BRANDON ALTAMURO/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
1094 RIVER ROAD W
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #29450861
Courtesy of BAILEY MOXHAM/Royal LePage Locations North
2760 Auburn Road Unit# 108
West Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29450816
Courtesy of Darcy Nyrose/RE/MAX Kelowna
9 KILMORY CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29450823
Courtesy of Susan Oneid/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
305 - 77 WILLIAM STREET N
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #29450804
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
1127 GARRISON ROAD
Fort Erie (Crescent Park), Ontario MLS® #29450811
Courtesy of TARA HUSSEIN/Royal LePage Our Neighbourhood Realty
54 CEDAR LANE
Prince Edward County (Hallowell Ward), Ontario MLS® #29450866
Courtesy of Kevin Gale/RE/MAX QUINTE LTD.
9039 Highway 10 Highway
Nictaux, Nova Scotia MLS® #29450981
Courtesy of Tina Williamson/Royal Lepage Atlantic (Mahone Bay)
331 SENLAC ROAD
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29450880
Courtesy of RAYMOND XU/EASTIDE REALTY
3809 -ROOM - 955 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29450878
Courtesy of VIVIEN LIANG/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
1464 Livingston Way NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29450784
Courtesy of Zhizhen Jiang/Homecare Realty Ltd.
911 - 716 MAIN STREET E
Milton (TM Timberlea), Ontario MLS® #29450777
Courtesy of KOSTA MICHAILIDIS/Century 21 Signature Service
196 DURHAM AVENUE
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29450796
Courtesy of DARREN JOHN MORRIS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
95 THORNLODGE DRIVE
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #29450789
Courtesy of JOSEPH PITIRRI/ROYAL LEPAGE BURLOAK REAL ESTATE SERVICES
356 8258 207A STREET
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #29450664
Courtesy of Keri N Cawthorne/Oakwyn Realty Ltd.
1603 - 20 DALY AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29450652
Courtesy of Zyaire Zhang/KELLER WILLIAMS ICON 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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