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
12854 BENS ROAD
Charlie Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29749159
Courtesy of Kimberley Schwarz/Izon Realty
1003-1087 Parsons Road SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29661678
Courtesy of Ricky Aujla/Century 21 Bravo Realty
BSMNT - 287 WILDBERRY CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29763714
Courtesy of ELIF KIRBIYIK/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2006 - 50 WELLESLEY STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29763726
Courtesy of ADAM TAO/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
UNIT B - 973 WILLOWDALE AVE AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29763702
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
2862 SQUIRREL POINT ROAD
Terrace, British Columbia MLS® #29763384
Courtesy of Ceara Abreu/RE/MAX Coast Mountains - Kitimat
1813 ELGIN STREET
Cornwall, Ontario MLS® #29763923
Courtesy of JOHN A.(SANDY) CAMERON/CAMERON REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
44 HADDEN CRESCENT
Barrie (Cundles East), Ontario MLS® #29763928
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
320 3 Street W
Brooks, Alberta MLS® #29763930
Courtesy of Line Zuniga/MaxWell Capital Realty - Brooks
13089 REGIONAL RD 10 ROAD
Halton Hills (Rural Halton Hills), Ontario MLS® #29763935
Courtesy of EDWARD JAMES PENWARDEN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
3 - 19 MEADOW LANE
Barrie (Ardagh), Ontario MLS® #29764135
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
24 - 770 FANSHAWE PARK ROAD
London North (North C), Ontario MLS® #29764015
Courtesy of REBECCA KIM/NU-VISTA PINNACLE REALTY BROKERAGE INC
904 - 763 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29764022
Courtesy of RAYMOND LUI/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
20 IVERSON DRIVE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29764077
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
1803 - 4011 BRICKSTONE MEWS
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #29764084
Courtesy of PARDEEP SEHGAL/HOMELIFE PARADISE REALTY INC.
239 WEBER STREET N
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29764089
Courtesy of J.P. RANDHAWA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
310 - 1010 SANDY BEACH ROAD
Pickering (Bay Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29764128
Courtesy of ROBERT MARIO KHAN/REALTY EXECUTIVES PLUS LTD
119 Clark Crescent
Rural Grande Prairie No. 1, County of, Alberta MLS® #29764161
Courtesy of Helen Harder/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
12 - 20 VENTURE DRIVE
Toronto (Rouge), Ontario MLS® #29764262
Courtesy of FAISAL AZIZ RANA/CENTURY 21 TITANS REALTY INC.
1504 - 6200 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Westminster-Branson), Ontario MLS® #29764250
Courtesy of TODOR YORDANOV/CITY REALTY POINT
#26 464049 RGE ROAD 14
Rural Wetaskiwin County, Alberta MLS® #29764279
Courtesy of Denis G. Rowley/RE/MAX Elite
208 - 2301 PARKHAVEN BOULEVARD
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #29763740
Courtesy of MINA DEMIR/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
234 Douglas Avenue
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia MLS® #29763776
Courtesy of Stephen Sparrow/Coldwell Banker Boardwalk Realty
8282 CHAPPELLE WAY SW SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29763783
Courtesy of Jogy Mathew/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
11 PEPLER PLACE
Barrie (Sunnidale), Ontario MLS® #29763891
Courtesy of KYLA VAVALA/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
703 - 15 MERCHANTS' WHARF
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29763911
Courtesy of ANDRE TSOPELAS/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
58 LULOFF LANE
Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan, Ontario MLS® #29763771
Courtesy of John Borysiak/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
392 QUEENSTON Street
St. Catharines, Ontario MLS® #29764231
Courtesy of Lisa Ann Weber/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
65 PEACE POINT ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Fenelon Falls), Ontario MLS® #29764293
Courtesy of LOGAN PALMER-PRENDERGAST/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
667 PHARMACY AVENUE
Toronto (Clairlea-Birchmount), Ontario MLS® #29764180
Courtesy of MARCY ELIZABETH DROHAN/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
18 Redberry Drive
Redberry Rm No. 435, Saskatchewan MLS® #29764185
Courtesy of Edward Ramsey/Choice Realty Systems
BASEMENT - 150 MARIA ANTONIA ROAD
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29764192
Courtesy of DILANI DIVAKARA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1207 TINY BEACHES ROAD S
Tiny, Ontario MLS® #29764197
Courtesy of MARJAN ARCURI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
808 - 65 YORKLAND BOULEVARD
Brampton (Goreway Drive Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29764212
Courtesy of MEHUL SHAH/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
7559 CHINGUACOUSY ROAD
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #29764217
Courtesy of SUNIL NARKHEDE/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
1608 - 68 ESTHER SHINER BOULEVARD
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29763803
Courtesy of JAMIE WU/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
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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