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
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
#202 205 Jennifer Heilway
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #30167519
Courtesy of Rakesh Chadha/Logic Realty
506 PEPPERVILLE CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30223473
Courtesy of Yong Ling/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
43 PRINCE CHARLES DRIVE
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #30223860
Courtesy of MARK ARNSTEIN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
13 SPRINGFIELD DRIVE
Whitewater Region, Ontario MLS® #30223841
Courtesy of Britney Jacques/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
48 Picton Beete Crescent
Stratford, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30223803
Courtesy of Leigh Jenkins/CENTURY 21 COLONIAL REALTY INC
804 - 1787 ST CLAIR AVENUE W
Toronto (Weston-Pellam Park), Ontario MLS® #30223764
Courtesy of ERIC MATTEI/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
613 - 6 PARKWOOD AVENUE
Toronto (Casa Loma), Ontario MLS® #30223675
Courtesy of JOE PERRI/HOMELIFE KINGSVIEW REAL ESTATE INC.
24 - 649D WARDEN AVENUE
Toronto (Clairlea-Birchmount), Ontario MLS® #30223601
Courtesy of RAY COCHRANE/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
#309 10883 SASKATCHEWAN DR NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30223562
Courtesy of Rachel S T Fung/MaxWell Polaris
135 Chelsea Court
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia MLS® #30223550
Courtesy of Fred El-Haddad/Blinkhorn Real Estate Ltd.
217-219 MERRITT STREET
Ingersoll (Ingersoll - South), Ontario MLS® #30223536
Courtesy of Jen Thomson/Century 21 Heritage House Ltd Brokerage
406 - 1222 YORK MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #30223865
Courtesy of ALEX MELCONIAN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
4601 RICE LAKE DRIVE S
Hamilton Township (Bewdley), Ontario MLS® #30223834
Courtesy of Donna Burt/Royal LePage Our Neighbourhood Realty
5 TRAILER PARK ROAD
Howick, Ontario MLS® #30223757
Courtesy of SAM MCGILL/Royal LePage Heartland Realty
589 BEECHWOOD Drive Unit# 22
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30223699
Courtesy of Carolyn Lund/RE/MAX SOLID GOLD REALTY (II) LTD.
12 - 2675 BLOOR STREET W
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #30223694
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
7797 LUNDYS LANE
Niagara Falls (Ascot), Ontario MLS® #30223625
Courtesy of MIKE DONIA/RE/MAX REALTY SPECIALISTS INC.
MASTER BEDROOM MAIN FLOOR - 128 DENISON AVE AVENUE
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30223586
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
1118 - 585 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30223581
Courtesy of RAJIB DAS/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
5 - 2 COLUMBUS AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30223567
Courtesy of Matthew Hayes/CENTURY 21 SYNERGY REALTY INC.
72 ACADIA DRIVE
Welland (Prince Charles), Ontario MLS® #30223670
Courtesy of Shannon Waters/EXP REALTY
6666 ROGER STEVENS DRIVE
Montague, Ontario MLS® #30223668
Courtesy of Nancy Allen/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
7 SHERIDAN Street Unit# 5
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30223618
Courtesy of Callum Thomas/Re/Max Escarpment Realty Inc.
71 RIVIERA Ridge
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #30224027
Courtesy of Joe Di Croce/Sutton Group Innovative Realty Inc.
26 - 355 MACALISTER BOULEVARD
Guelph (Kortright East), Ontario MLS® #30224010
Courtesy of JORDAN BUTTARAZZI/VALERY REAL ESTATE INC.
265 COXE BOULEVARD E
Milton (TM Timberlea), Ontario MLS® #30223997
Courtesy of JEFFERY W. GYLES/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
51 DAVID Street Unit# 206
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30223992
Courtesy of Matt Bowlby/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
18 2ND - 120 WOODSTREAM BOULEVARD
Vaughan (Vaughan Grove), Ontario MLS® #30223978
Courtesy of JOHN CAMPEA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
541 PARKVIEW CRESCENT
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30223911
Courtesy of Clare Dejong/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
25 - 450 POND MILLS ROAD
London South (South T), Ontario MLS® #30223909
Courtesy of KATIUSKA RIVAS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3050 EBERLY WOODS DRIVE
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30223904
Courtesy of MONA ATTIA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1047 GIBSON STREET
Howick, Ontario MLS® #30223896
Courtesy of SAM MCGILL/Royal LePage Heartland Realty
85 MORRELL Street Unit# 215A
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30223889
Courtesy of Shannon Gibson/Keller Williams Complete Realty
13 PRESTON DRIVE
St. Catharines (Vine/Linwell), Ontario MLS® #30223846
Courtesy of Bill Brouwer/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC.
BSMT - 44 WINSTON PARK BOULEVARD
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #30224212
Courtesy of BRITTANIE BRUM/ROYAL LEPAGE SUPREME REALTY
309 - 120 CANON JACKSON DRIVE
Toronto (Beechborough-Greenbrook), Ontario MLS® #30224217
Courtesy of MARC MARINELLI/PROPERTY.CA INC.
26 HODGSON ROAD
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30224185
Courtesy of MIGUEL MELO/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
B - 163 PARKSIDE DRIVE
Toronto (Roncesvalles), Ontario MLS® #30224224
Courtesy of JEFFREY CHEN/RE/MAX WEALTH BUILDERS REAL ESTATE
3310 ERASMUM STREET
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30224229
Courtesy of JOHNNY MA/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
BSMT - 46 SPRINGHURST AVENUE
Toronto (South Parkdale), Ontario MLS® #30224231
Courtesy of JELANI AKIL SMITH/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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