4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
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.
400 5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier Real Estate
28 Milton Road
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29244531
Courtesy of DEBBIE BUDDEN/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
5616 94A Street
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29268471
Courtesy of Edward W. Stenger/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
9622 Hillcrest Drive
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29269798
Courtesy of Morgan MacLean/Grassroots Realty Group Ltd.
9615 Hillcrest Drive
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29269806
Courtesy of Morgan MacLean/Grassroots Realty Group Ltd.
2 - 48 BEALE STREET
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #29269793
Courtesy of ALLA SHARMA/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
805 - 2333 TAUNTON ROAD
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #29269356
Courtesy of ARLYN FORTIN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
576 ONTARIO STREET
Toronto (Cabbagetown-South St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #29269414
Courtesy of MYTU DOAN/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
33 - 30 LIBEN WAY
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #29269419
Courtesy of SADE SANNI/CHARISSA REALTY INC.
112 - 2554 BARBAROLLI PATH
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29269421
Courtesy of GAJ SINGH/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
25 KILLINGTON AVENUE
Vaughan (Kleinburg), Ontario MLS® #29269426
Courtesy of GABRIELLA LOPREIATO/RE/MAX EXPERTS
25 FANN DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29269433
Courtesy of RUPINDER RUPINDER/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
519 - 118 KING STREET E
Hamilton (Beasley), Ontario MLS® #29269445
Courtesy of SANAD NABUT/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
33 ACCENT CIRCLE
Brampton (Northwest Sandalwood Parkway), Ontario MLS® #29269313
Courtesy of JASWINDER DAYAL/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
121 - 2189 DUNDAS STREET E
London East (East I), Ontario MLS® #29269159
Courtesy of TREVOR POTTER/OAK AND KEY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE, INC.
75 MARISA Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29269515
Courtesy of VLAD DESPOTOVIC/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
Acreage Selkirk Road
Valley, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29269522
Courtesy of Darcy Johnston/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY
16 BLUE HERON PLACE
St. Thomas, Ontario MLS® #29269231
Courtesy of ALLAN CONGO/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
25-1 28B Mines Road
Upper Falmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29269630
Courtesy of Janna Fertsman/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
4662 221 STREET
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #29269642
Courtesy of Olga Card/Royal LePage - Wolstencroft
2303 - 2181 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29269659
Courtesy of CHLOE ZAKKAI/SLAVENS & ASSOCIATES REAL ESTATE INC.
506 - 36 OLIVE AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29269666
Courtesy of NOAH ZHANG/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
86 ALBERTUS AVENUE
Toronto (Lawrence Park South), Ontario MLS® #29269680
Courtesy of MARK ARNSTEIN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
55 BUTTONSHAW STREET
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29269685
Courtesy of KENNETH SYLVESTER TOPPIN/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
165 HEYDON AVENUE
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #29269697
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
181 MURIEL STREET
Newmarket (Gorham-College Manor), Ontario MLS® #29269700
Courtesy of RICHARD SHAWN GIBB/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
77 BLUE HERON DRIVE
Georgina (Virginia), Ontario MLS® #29269712
Courtesy of CURTIS GODDARD/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
4281 TORINO CRESCENT
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #29269611
Courtesy of LUKASZ DZIERZEGA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
16 VICTORIA AVENUE
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Industrial), Ontario MLS® #29269623
Courtesy of CHRIS KNIGHTON/EXP REALTY
1405 - 150 FAIRVIEW MALL DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #29269654
Courtesy of KATHERINE KING-YUAN LAW/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
1205W - 27 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29269661
Courtesy of ANDREAS TASSIOS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
119 WOODFIELD ROAD
Toronto (Greenwood-Coxwell), Ontario MLS® #29269344
Courtesy of JENNY SIMON/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
637 Wiley Avenue
Windsor, Nova Scotia MLS® #29269483
Courtesy of Helen Lindley/RE/MAX NOVA (Windsor)
250 ASHLEY STREET
Belleville (Thurlow Ward), Ontario MLS® #29269635
Courtesy of SANDRA HUSSEY/EXIT REALTY GROUP
11 INGLESIDE Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29269560
Courtesy of Margaret Yong Ping/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
511, 3107 Warren Street NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29269301
Courtesy of Jessica D. Holmstrom/CIR Realty
43 SIBELLA WAY
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29269186
Courtesy of HANK ZENG/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
18 - 3077 CAWTHRA ROAD
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #29269201
Courtesy of VOLODYMYR POHORETSKYY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
UPPER - 1481 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Greenwood-Coxwell), Ontario MLS® #29269693
Courtesy of DYLAN PROVENCHER/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
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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