73 SUPERIOR Street
Devon, Alberta MLS® #29441052
Courtesy of Erin Holowach/ComFree
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
3739 Casorso Road Unit# 101
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29454225
Courtesy of Mike Mychalyshyn/Unison Jane Hoffman Realty
6 - 506 PRINCESS STREET
Kingston (Central City East), Ontario MLS® #29455582
Courtesy of PETER GILMORE/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
2000 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Ontario MLS® #29456725
Courtesy of Ahmad Rezapoor/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
199 & 213 LEONE'S COVE LANE
Frontenac Islands (The Islands), Ontario MLS® #29456737
Courtesy of BOB JOY/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
2 ALGONQUIN HEIGHTS COURT
Essa (Thornton), Ontario MLS® #29455479
Courtesy of NIKKI CHARTRAND/KELLER WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE REALTY
863 CARMEL 2ND LINE
Cavan Monaghan (Cavan Twp), Ontario MLS® #29456749
Courtesy of JAMES STEIGERWALD/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
2322 SADDLECREEK CRESCENT
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #29456706
Courtesy of NEESH BUTTOO/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
10 DOPP CRESCENT
Brampton (Toronto Gore Rural Estate), Ontario MLS® #29456446
Courtesy of INDERJEET SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
3741 CAMERON HEIGHTS PL NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29455450
Courtesy of Kerri-lyn A. Holland/REMAX River City
33 WELLINGTON Street S
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Ontario MLS® #29455056
Courtesy of MARC ARMSTRONG/Peak Realty Ltd.
33 CARPENTER COURT
Markham (Raymerville), Ontario MLS® #29456679
Courtesy of ADRIANNE PARKER/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
1601 - 155 LEGION ROAD N
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29455378
Courtesy of NICK CROZIER/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
42 JONDAN CRESCENT
Markham (Royal Orchard), Ontario MLS® #29455183
Courtesy of ANNIE VARBEDIAN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
557 MILLSTREAM Drive
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29455828
Courtesy of BECKY DEUTSCHMANN/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
632 MACDONNELL STREET
Kingston (East of Sir John A. Blvd), Ontario MLS® #29455955
Courtesy of KENDRA HODGSON/EXP REALTY, BROKERAGE
103 1333 WINTER STREET
White Rock, British Columbia MLS® #29455772
Courtesy of Stewart Peddemors/RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty
312 HUMPHREY Street Unit# 45
Waterdown, Ontario MLS® #29455835
Courtesy of Jamil Rahemtula/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
127 BURNETTS ROAD
McKellar, Ontario MLS® #29455859
Courtesy of LARRY MICHIELI/RE/MAX Parry Sound Muskoka Realty Ltd
226 KASWIT DRIVE
Beckwith, Ontario MLS® #29455878
Courtesy of Michelle Wilson/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
812 - 12 BONNYCASTLE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29455892
Courtesy of KATE J. LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
533 - 20 O'NEILL ROAD
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29455897
Courtesy of MARINA MOYSEEVA/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
LOT 32 HEATHWOODS AVENUE
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #29455455
Courtesy of SHARON ALLISON-PRELAZZI/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
132 PARKVIEW Drive
Woodstock, Ontario MLS® #29455385
Courtesy of Walter Galvao/eXp Commercial Brokerage
765 REID Crescent
Listowel, Ontario MLS® #29455227
Courtesy of Ellen Bakker/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
1182 CEDARCROFT CRESCENT
Pickering (Liverpool), Ontario MLS® #29455626
Courtesy of SARA WALSH/REMAX CONNECT REALTY
14 MALDON ROAD
London North (North J), Ontario MLS® #29455614
Courtesy of LINDS MODRZYNSKI/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY
18589 62 AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29455621
Courtesy of Kuldip Aujla/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
2107 ESSEX DRIVE
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #29455777
Courtesy of Surinder Sarowa/eXp Realty of Canada, Inc.
1007 CARDINAL COURT
Oshawa (Eastdale), Ontario MLS® #29455563
Courtesy of GRANT DESJARDINE/RE/MAX JAZZ INC.
4183 GLENWOOD DRIVE
Lincoln (Beamsville), Ontario MLS® #29455241
Courtesy of Jordan Greenough/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
810 - 1480 BAYLY STREET
Pickering (Bay Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29456150
Courtesy of JEEVAN PAKIYANATHAN/RE/MAX REALTRON BLUE FORCE REALTY
622 - 33 MILL STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29454990
Courtesy of MICHAEL SIDNEY SKROBACKY/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
1306 - 50 ANN O'REILLY ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29454988
Courtesy of CALEB CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
202 - 620 ALDEN ROAD
Markham (Milliken Mills West), Ontario MLS® #29455001
Courtesy of BIN JI/MASTER'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
2695 CUMBERLAND ROAD
Severn (West Shore), Ontario MLS® #29455361
Courtesy of MELISSA HEFFERNAN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
18 - 2075 ASTA DRIVE
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29455373
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
1 - 2329 BELYEA STREET
Oakville (BR Bronte), Ontario MLS® #29456011
Courtesy of JACKIE JIANG/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
5-7-2 - 6 GOLDROCK ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Laxton/Digby/Longford), Ontario MLS® #29456559
Courtesy of MIKE LANGE/AFFINITY GROUP PINNACLE REALTY LTD.
1710 - 2900 HIGHWAY 7
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29456681
Courtesy of JEFFREY CHEN/RE/MAX WEALTH BUILDERS REAL ESTATE
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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