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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
56 Stoneridge Dr
View Royal, British Columbia MLS® #30071360
Courtesy of Jenelle Yilla/Oakwyn Realty Ltd.
121 UNIVERSITY Avenue E Unit# 11
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30071322
Courtesy of Krista van Goozen/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
64 BEECHBOROUGH CRESCENT
East Gwillimbury (Sharon), Ontario MLS® #30071714
Courtesy of DIANA MAURO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
APT 2 - 180 BELLWOODS AVENUE
Toronto (Trinity-Bellwoods), Ontario MLS® #30071651
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
116 Whitecap Ridge
Black Point, Nova Scotia MLS® #30069500
Courtesy of Kaycee Bessette/Engel & Volkers
5903 102 AV NW NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30069086
Courtesy of Kendall Parcher/The Agency North Central Alberta
30 MASTERS GREEN CRESCENT
Brampton (Snelgrove), Ontario MLS® #30069074
Courtesy of RUDY LACHHMAN/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
21 Cedarcrest Drive
Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia MLS® #30069524
Courtesy of Conner Sherwood/Exit Real Estate Professionals
1369 HIPKISS DRIVE
Dysart et al (Harburn), Ontario MLS® #30069625
Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/LPT REALTY
244 HUNTERSFIELD DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30069810
Courtesy of Anthony Bassile/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
16/17 - 37 VICTORIA AVENUE
Halton Hills (AC Acton), Ontario MLS® #30069891
Courtesy of RYAN FRANCIS HAYDAR/REVEL REALTY INC.
96 UNIVERSITY Avenue W
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30069916
Courtesy of DAN OPENSHAW/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
108 - 364 THE EAST MALL
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30069598
Courtesy of LAZARO RAMOS/EXP REALTY
3804 Lawrencetown Road
Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia MLS® #30069663
Courtesy of William Horley/RE/MAX Nova
232 WILLARD AVENUE
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #30069358
Courtesy of PAUL JOHNSTON/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
290 MELROSE Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30070110
Courtesy of MARTY FRASER/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD., BROKERAGE
44 FRANCES Avenue Unit# 6
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #30070115
Courtesy of E. Martin Mazza/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
7 Confederation DRIVE
Moose Mountain Provincial Park, Saskatchewan MLS® #30070273
Courtesy of Raymond Boutin/Performance Realty
2029 Hamilton Ave.
Thunder Bay, Ontario MLS® #30070189
Courtesy of JOHNNY AVELLA/ROYAL LEPAGE LANNON REALTY
16 - 121 GREEN BRIAR ROAD
New Tecumseth, Ontario MLS® #30069827
Courtesy of GEORGEINA HELEN BLYTH/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
18 CASTERTON AVENUE
Kingston (Central City West), Ontario MLS® #30069435
Courtesy of JEREMY DALGLEISH/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
19 22334 48 AVENUE
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #30070564
Courtesy of Eric Friesen/Century 21 Creekside Realty
11 SETTLERS COURT
Puslinch (Morriston), Ontario MLS® #30070583
Courtesy of CAROL KORENIC/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
16 WESTVILLAGE DRIVE
Hamilton (Falkirk), Ontario MLS® #30070588
Courtesy of ABED RAWAS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
158 DIAGONAL ROAD
North Huron (Wingham), Ontario MLS® #30070590
Courtesy of IVAN GASCHO/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
53 GREENING AVENUE
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #30070603
Courtesy of MILE VUKOVIC/SUTTON GROUP - SUMMIT REALTY INC.
804 - 70 ALEXANDER STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30070057
Courtesy of IRA TATOR/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
250 - 226 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Trinity-Bellwoods), Ontario MLS® #30070069
Courtesy of LINA AI/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
1609 - 38 CEDARLAND DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30070088
Courtesy of TINA CHAN/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
307 - 2015 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #30070228
Courtesy of MONICA MADRINAN STEINMANN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
338 DACRE ST
THUNDER BAY, Ontario MLS® #30070019
Courtesy of KRIS MCGOWEN/ROYAL LEPAGE LANNON REALTY
3021 Crestwood Pl
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #30069961
Courtesy of Alex Penner/460 Realty Inc. (NA)
221 - 35 SOUTHSHORE CRESCENT
Hamilton (Lakeshore), Ontario MLS® #30069935
Courtesy of TAMMY PHINNEY/ROYAL LEPAGE BURLOAK REAL ESTATE SERVICES
23 STAUFFER ROAD
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30069928
Courtesy of ANDREW PETER EVANS/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
48 Brightoncrest Manor SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30070158
Courtesy of Andrew Schultz/Royal LePage Benchmark
285 VANILLA TRAIL
Thorold (Rolling Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30070122
Courtesy of DAVE CHOWDHURY/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
3010 - 30 ELM DRIVE W
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30070108
Courtesy of JANICE ZHANG/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
185 THORNBUSH BOULEVARD
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #30069896
Courtesy of JAGAT PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
1834 JANE STREET
Toronto (Weston), Ontario MLS® #30069858
Courtesy of PARAS. P. BHATIA/PROPERTY.CA 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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