3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
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.
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
1105 - 1185 THE QUEENSWAY
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30271756
Courtesy of ANDREW PRESTA/RE/MAX EXPERTS
312 - 18 PARKVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30271749
Courtesy of KAIYAN YANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
308 - 8 WATER WALK DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30271763
Courtesy of FRANK YANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
THE BELLAGIO - 23 COULSON AVENUE
Toronto (Forest Hill South), Ontario MLS® #30271782
Courtesy of JITENDER PRIHAR/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
427 CHANDLER CRESCENT
Milton (SC Scott), Ontario MLS® #30271787
Courtesy of NIVEEN WADEEH BISHAY HENAIN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3032 SIDELINE 16 ROAD
Pickering, Ontario MLS® #30271807
Courtesy of ALBERT Y.K. LAI/RE/MAX REALTY SPECIALISTS INC.
205 SUNSET CRESCENT
Innisfil (Stroud), Ontario MLS® #30271814
Courtesy of ANGELA MONTANO/COLDWELL BANKER THE REAL ESTATE CENTRE
0 wildberries Lane
St. Peter's Harbour, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30271770
Courtesy of Brad Pickering/RE/MAX HARBOURSIDE REALTY
#95 1530 TAMARACK BV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30271845
Courtesy of Danesse L. Stykalo/Century 21 Masters
32 AMBLER LANE
Richmond Hill (Crosby), Ontario MLS® #30271764
Courtesy of JANNIE LAM/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
2601 - 18 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30271757
Courtesy of MAZHAR KAIF/CAPITAL HILL REALTY INC.
116 WALTER Street Unit# MAIN
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30271810
Courtesy of Nicole Bartlett/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
1118 Birch AVENUE
Tobin Lake, Saskatchewan MLS® #30271846
Courtesy of Yuriy Danyliuk/RE/MAX Blue Chip Realty
303 GRAND RIDGE DRIVE
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30271753
Courtesy of DALLAS NOFTALL/Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage
2 - 427 KEATS WAY
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30271765
Courtesy of AUSTIN YE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1905 - 5793 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #30271760
Courtesy of KATRINA ZHENG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
128 LEACREST ROAD
Toronto (Leaside), Ontario MLS® #30271758
Courtesy of LINDA JIANG/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
ONE BEDROOM MAIN FLOOR - 110 ROBINSON ST STREET
Markham (Bullock), Ontario MLS® #30271784
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
3 VICTORIA STREET
St. Catharines (Ridley), Ontario MLS® #30271828
Courtesy of Rosie Araujo/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
29 Chisholm Crescent NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30271830
Courtesy of Lindsay Lerner/MaxWell Capital Realty
156 CONCESSION 1 Road
Port Rowan, Ontario MLS® #30271772
Courtesy of JAY FRIESEN/Hewitt Jancsar Realty Ltd.
1235 MERTON ROAD
Oakville (GA Glen Abbey), Ontario MLS® #30271777
Courtesy of AMY BOREN/Century 21 Miller Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage
427 KEATS Way Unit# 2
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30271730
Courtesy of Austin Ye/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC
3003 - 82 DALHOUSIE STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30271759
Courtesy of AMNA AHMAD/CITYSCAPE REAL ESTATE LTD.
62 MUIRLANDS DRIVE
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #30271761
Courtesy of BOBBY GAN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
1245 MERTON ROAD
Oakville (GA Glen Abbey), Ontario MLS® #30271778
Courtesy of AMY BOREN/Century 21 Miller Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage
MAIN FLOOR - 224 FINCH AVENUE E
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #30271780
Courtesy of RAMAK RAHIMIAN/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
71 STOCK AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30271785
Courtesy of WIN LIU/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
407 - 5 MASSEY SQUARE
Toronto (Crescent Town), Ontario MLS® #30271805
Courtesy of ALEX PRASOULIS/ILISTREALESTATE INC.
510 - 115 BONIS AVENUE
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #30271829
Courtesy of JACQUELINE MANITAROS/COLDWELL BANKER THE REAL ESTATE CENTRE
406 - 1 VINE AVENUE
Toronto (Junction Area), Ontario MLS® #30271831
Courtesy of SLAVA RYZHIKOV/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
42 Hilden Drive
Spryfield, Nova Scotia MLS® #30271824
Courtesy of Dexter Wilkie/Royal LePage Atlantic
2508 West Port RD NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30271792
Courtesy of Deanna L. Jacobson/Royal LePage Prestige Realty
58 TUPPER Crescent Unit# UPPER LEVEL
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30271843
Courtesy of Suresh Kangayampalayam Manian/RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.
1711 - 188 FAIRVIEW MALL DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #30271750
Courtesy of Kelvin Ho/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
38 AUDUBON WAY
Georgina (Baldwin), Ontario MLS® #30271762
Courtesy of KATHY QIU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2031 WESTREE Drive
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #30271731
Courtesy of Xia bing Zhang/1st Sunshine Realty Inc.
34 RUSTYWOOD DRIVE
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #30271779
Courtesy of SOPHIA KESHAVARZ/HOMES WITH SOPHIA REALTY INC.
9 SQUIRRELTAIL WAY
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30271786
Courtesy of GOURAV VERMA/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY 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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