9928 81 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29199942
Courtesy of Mark B. Wilbert/CIR Realty
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
4 PELMAR PLACE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29887153
Courtesy of TANBIR CHOWDHURY/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
35 VIEWMARK DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Devonsleigh), Ontario MLS® #29887747
Courtesy of SIMPSON W.P. CHAN/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
2778 Canoe Point RD
Hilton Beach, Ontario MLS® #29888909
Courtesy of Cathy Whitlock/Royal LePage® Northern Advantage
85 WILSON Street Unit# 3
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29890156
Courtesy of Mirella Adelina Agro/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
1907 - 40 NEPEAN STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29890480
Courtesy of Ruby Xue/KELLER WILLIAMS ICON REALTY
58 ROUTLEY STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29890459
Courtesy of DARRYL WATTY/CHESTNUT PARK REALTY(SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO) LTD
40509 Range Road 234
Rural Lacombe County, Alberta MLS® #29890497
Courtesy of Asha Chimiuk/RE/MAX real estate central alberta
3304 29th Street S
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #29890536
Courtesy of CARY RONSPIES/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE - LETHBRIDGE
172 Spritsail Road
Cornwallis, Nova Scotia MLS® #29890620
Courtesy of Lindsay Leavitt/Royal LePage Atlantic (Greenwood)
197 Peters Lake Road
Hatchet Lake, Nova Scotia MLS® #29890632
Courtesy of Jeremy Snider/Domus Realty Limited
2123 BLUE JAY CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29889712
Courtesy of Zoe Van Wyck/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
9 AUSTIN STREET
Quinte West (Trenton Ward), Ontario MLS® #29889926
Courtesy of Michael Cowan/Royal Lepage Proalliance Realty
3435 King George's Park Dr.
Thunder Bay, Ontario MLS® #29889969
Courtesy of JOHNNY AVELLA/ROYAL LEPAGE LANNON REALTY
403 7445 120 STREET
Delta, British Columbia MLS® #29890113
Courtesy of Stephanie Wong/Luxmore Realty
752 GORHAM ROAD
Fort Erie (Ridgeway), Ontario MLS® #29887665
Courtesy of Robert Lalonde/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
67 - 2273 TURNBERRY ROAD
Burlington (Rose), Ontario MLS® #29888029
Courtesy of GREG KUCHMA/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
1749 CREEK WAY
Burlington (Uptown), Ontario MLS® #29888435
Courtesy of SARAH KIANI/KELLER WILLIAMS EDGE REALTY
35 SHADWICK DRIVE
Toronto (Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview), Ontario MLS® #29888423
Courtesy of KAYLA SCOTT/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
883 WILLIAM MOONEY ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29888663
Courtesy of Michelle Donaldson-Rouleau/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
7411 TOOMBS DRIVE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29889786
Courtesy of Celine Kolody/eXp Realty
3168 Via Centrale Road Unit# 1407
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29889976
Courtesy of Anne Wolfe/Century 21 Assurance Realty Ltd
5-C Pleasant Point Road
Lockeport, Nova Scotia MLS® #29890017
Courtesy of Anne Swim/Keller Williams Select Realty (Shelburne)
4312 40 Street NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29890365
Courtesy of Brad Falk/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
1957 LONE PINE DRIVE S
Huntsville (Stephenson), Ontario MLS® #29887696
Courtesy of SUE BURKE/Royal LePage Lakes Of Muskoka Realty
1986 ROY IVOR CRESCENT
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29887780
Courtesy of JULIA ZELNINA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
1502 - 1865 PICKERING PARKWAY
Pickering (Village East), Ontario MLS® #29887742
Courtesy of IBRAHIM FAROOQUI/ZOWN REALTY INC.
121 Alberta Street
Kingman, Alberta MLS® #29887901
Courtesy of Lyssana Damron/RE/MAX Real Estate (Edmonton) Ltd.
647 CEDAR Avenue
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29887906
Courtesy of Jackie Noble/Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
6156 Genoa Bay Rd
Duncan, British Columbia MLS® #29887925
Courtesy of Mike Eddy/Sutton Group-West Coast Realty (Dunc)
303 627 Brookside Rd
Colwood, British Columbia MLS® #29887487
Courtesy of Adam Gibson/Pemberton Holmes Ltd. - Oak Bay
8599 Highway 1
Meteghan Centre, Nova Scotia MLS® #29887898
Courtesy of Suzanne Amirault/Engel & Volkers (Yarmouth)
11 HUMPHREY GATE
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29887139
Courtesy of JASON GAO/SMART SOLD REALTY
10 - 8900 BATHURST STREET
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29887158
Courtesy of IRINA BYSTROV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
312 - 85 QUEENS WHARF ROAD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29887184
Courtesy of YURI KVYETKO/RE/MAX METROPOLIS REALTY
66 ARLINGTON CRESCENT
Guelph (Pineridge/Westminster Woods), Ontario MLS® #29887172
Courtesy of MONICA EL-KHOLI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
911 - 18 HARRISON GARDEN BOULEVARD
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29887189
Courtesy of DANIEL HAN/HOME STANDARDS BRICKSTONE REALTY
62 Topsail Boulevard
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29887557
Courtesy of Jessica Corkum/Royal LePage Atlantic
106 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
Bonfield, Ontario MLS® #29887886
Courtesy of DEBBIE FORREST/Royal LePage Northern Life Realty, Brokerage
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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