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.
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
28 CONWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Oakwood Village), Ontario MLS® #30368419
Courtesy of ZACK SNIDER/KELLER WILLIAMS EDGE REALTY
70 Evergreen Mobile Park NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30368933
Courtesy of Troy M. Bryks/Rimrock Real Estate
49 DENNIS AVENUE
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30368938
Courtesy of NICK BHULLAR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
2 Alan Street
Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia MLS® #30368882
Courtesy of Caine Harrison/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
3231 STONEY CRESCENT
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30369296
Courtesy of DAVID ROBBIO/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
910 - 1660 BLOOR STREET W
Toronto (High Park North), Ontario MLS® #30369304
Courtesy of GIANCARLO MORALES/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
55 BLUE SPRINGS Drive Unit# PH12
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30369309
Courtesy of LINDA E. DREVENY/RE/MAX SOLID GOLD REALTY (II) LTD.
244 DUNDAS Street W Unit# 22
Paris, Ontario MLS® #30369316
Courtesy of MELANIE CHRISTINA VANDERZAND/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
52 - 590 NORTH SERVICE ROAD
Hamilton (Lakeshore), Ontario MLS® #30369323
Courtesy of CHRIS KNIGHTON/EXP REALTY
52 FAIRMOUNT Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30368616
Courtesy of Philip Wadden/Keller Williams Complete Realty
3202 CENTENNIAL DRIVE E
Burlington (Palmer), Ontario MLS® #30368806
Courtesy of JOHN AYOUB/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
45 - 21 HONEYCRISP CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30369195
Courtesy of ANDREW VAN BUSKIRK/RE/MAX URBAN TORONTO TEAM REALTY INC.
LOT 41 WINTERBERRY DRIVE
Springwater (Anten Mills), Ontario MLS® #30369222
Courtesy of RUSS GRENON/SUTTON GROUP INCENTIVE REALTY INC.
39 GOLF VIEW DRIVE
Brampton (Brampton East), Ontario MLS® #30369265
Courtesy of EMANUEL RODRIGUES/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
608 - 1808 ST CLAIR AVENUE W
Toronto (Weston-Pellam Park), Ontario MLS® #30369277
Courtesy of SARA YVONNE LEBLANC/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE CONNECT.CA REALTY
BSMT - 95 ROYAL YORK ROAD
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30369291
Courtesy of ANASTASIA SPOZITO/Move Smartly Realty Inc.
301 FRONT STREET
Belleville (Belleville Ward), Ontario MLS® #30369330
Courtesy of JENNY MIAO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
1 VICTORIA Street S Unit# 513
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30368825
Courtesy of DON XIA/Royal LePage Peaceland Realty
6 BEMERSYDE DRIVE
Toronto (Princess-Rosethorn), Ontario MLS® #30369450
Courtesy of ROSE LIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
3129 ERNEST APPELBE BOULEVARD
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30369462
Courtesy of Mikey Borlongan/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
39 PEREGRINE Crescent
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30369467
Courtesy of DEREK MCGRATH/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
203 FAIRVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Junction Area), Ontario MLS® #30369688
Courtesy of ROBIN SHEPHERD/FREEMAN REAL ESTATE LTD.
24 JOSEPH LICHTI LANE
Wilmot, Ontario MLS® #30369715
Courtesy of JON LAMBERT/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
15 - 85 BONDS CORNER ROAD
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #30369727
Courtesy of HAMZA AWAN/REALTY WEALTH GROUP INC.
6 Sandra Crt
Woodlawn, Nova Scotia MLS® #30368976
Courtesy of Jackie Chahine/Sutton Group Professional Realty
17527 TELEPHONE ROAD
Quinte West (Murray Ward), Ontario MLS® #30368577
Courtesy of Hannah Hughes/REVEL Realty Inc.
(UPPER) - 2280 MOUNTAINSIDE DRIVE
Burlington (Mountainside), Ontario MLS® #30368433
Courtesy of SATINDER SINGH MANGAT/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
1105 - 33 MILL STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30369119
Courtesy of LUDMILA BERENZON/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
508 RIVERBEND Drive Unit# 78
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30369739
Courtesy of Peter Benninger/Coldwell Banker Peter Benninger Realty
508 RIVERBEND Drive Unit# 5
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30369741
Courtesy of Peter Benninger/Coldwell Banker Peter Benninger Realty
35 6195 168 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30369708
Courtesy of Robin Randhawa/SRS Panorama Realty
22 MAYNARD Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30369734
Courtesy of DARRYL WATTY/Chestnut Park Realty Southwestern Ontario Limited
31 ALDERBROOK PLACE
Caledon (Bolton North), Ontario MLS® #30369455
Courtesy of JUSTIN TEVES/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
2202, 100 Banister Drive
Okotoks, Alberta MLS® #30369342
Courtesy of Sheryl Lauinger/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
552 THELMA STREET
Burlington (Appleby), Ontario MLS® #30369880
Courtesy of VICKY ZHOU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
23 GLENELG STREET W
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #30369897
Courtesy of TOM COLEMAN/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
77 MCGUIRE BEACH ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Carden), Ontario MLS® #30369900
Courtesy of MARTY L. LEEKING/RE/MAX COUNTRY LAKES REALTY INC.
9308 92 STREET
Fort St. John, British Columbia MLS® #30369931
Courtesy of Doug Petersen/RE/MAX Action Realty Inc
1451 WALKERS Line Unit# 313
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30368685
Courtesy of Kelsi Cumberland/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
175 COMMONWEALTH Street Unit# 401
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30368558
Courtesy of ANNETTE M. BLAKE/RE/MAX SOLID GOLD REALTY (II) LTD.
648 BERWICK CRESCENT
Oshawa (McLaughlin), Ontario MLS® #30368628
Courtesy of Lauren Gerrits/The Nook Realty Inc.
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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