4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
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.
78 Peddle Drive
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29345907
Courtesy of ROBERT GARDNER/RE/MAX Central Real Estate Ltd. - Grand Falls-Win
LOWER CUBICLE - 411 QUEEN STREET
Newmarket (Central Newmarket), Ontario MLS® #29397506
Courtesy of JENNIFER DI PAOLO/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
19 Ocean View Crescent
Kildare Capes, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29397210
Courtesy of Don Murphy/CENTURY 21 NORTHUMBERLAND REALTY
BSMT - 41 MORLEY CRESCENT
Whitby (Rolling Acres), Ontario MLS® #29397380
Courtesy of CHEENY PASTETIO/ROYAL LEPAGE FRANK REAL ESTATE
212 - 3250 CARDING MILL TRAIL NE
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29397032
Courtesy of RUSSELL WADE WORGAN/SUTTON GROUP - SUMMIT REALTY INC.
61 SUNTREE PM
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29397556
Courtesy of Matthew A. Bennett/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
515 GRANTHAM AVENUE
St. Catharines (Vine/Linwell), Ontario MLS® #29397582
Courtesy of RAKESH CHANDER BABBER/CITYSCAPE REAL ESTATE LTD.
4503 Chestnut Rd
Cowichan Bay, British Columbia MLS® #29397570
Courtesy of Nadia Carriere/Century 21 Harbour Realty Ltd.
1282 GARY AVENUE
Sudbury Remote Area, Ontario MLS® #29397361
Courtesy of PAUL TANTALO/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
290 DENSMORE ROAD
Cobourg, Ontario MLS® #29397359
Courtesy of JACQUELINE PENNINGTON/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
340 - 10 MALLARD TRAIL
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #29397354
Courtesy of CONRAD GUY ZURINI/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
2809 - 4130 PARKSIDE VILLAGE DRIVE
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #29397304
Courtesy of PATRICK BRANDON MITCHELL/LANDLORD REALTY INC.
PH21 - 993 QUEEN STREET W
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29396971
Courtesy of SABINE EL GHALI/KELLER WILLIAMS PORTFOLIO REALTY
7544 COUNTY ROAD 91 ROAD
Clearview (Stayner), Ontario MLS® #29397013
Courtesy of ARIANNA SWIETLINSKI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
5 POLLOCK ROAD
Trent Hills, Ontario MLS® #29396914
Courtesy of Melissa Surerus/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
55 44523 MCLAREN DRIVE|Sardis South
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29397607
Courtesy of Sophie Grenier-Porsche/RE/MAX Nyda Realty Inc.
2300 Benvoulin Road Unit# 102
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29397974
Courtesy of Rebecca Aitken/Royal LePage Kelowna
MAIN FLOOR - 59 JACOBSON AVENUE
St. Catharines (Glendale/Glenridge), Ontario MLS® #29397998
Courtesy of Tammy McCarthy/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
5004 Rundleview Road NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29398009
Courtesy of Kristina Lozic/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
10 Caravelle Place
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29398028
Courtesy of Tiffany St. Aubin/Atlantic Team Realty Incorporated
1 - 1800 SIMCOE STREET N
Oshawa (Samac), Ontario MLS® #29398030
Courtesy of ANANTH PONNAIAH/REON HOMES REALTY INC.
29 - 2657 DEPUTY MINISTER PATH
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29398035
Courtesy of WEI ZHANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
10 YONGEVIEW AVENUE
Richmond Hill (South Richvale), Ontario MLS® #29398042
Courtesy of TARA GHAZVINI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
214 - 3900 CONFEDERATION PARKWAY
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29398073
Courtesy of GAJ SINGH/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
2 - 1398 BLOOR STREET W
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29398078
Courtesy of LAUREN REBECCA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
150 COLBORNE Street Unit# 407
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29398117
Courtesy of Mary Carvalho/Revel Realty Inc
726 GUARDIAN GROVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29398270
Courtesy of Zyaire Zhang/KELLER WILLIAMS ICON REALTY
99 LYNDEN Circle
Georgetown, Ontario MLS® #29398299
Courtesy of DARREN JOHN MORRIS/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
297 THOMAS SLEE Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29398302
Courtesy of Navjot Singh/EXP REALTY OF CANADA INC
S11001 ACTON ROAD
Brock, Ontario MLS® #29398307
Courtesy of BRAD D'ORNELLAS/ROYAL LEPAGE FRANK REAL ESTATE
12572 62B AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29398143
Courtesy of Kirat Brar - PREC/Sutton Group-Alliance R.E.S.
424 GOLDEN SPRINGS DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29398268
Courtesy of Cori Kugler/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
71 NORTHWOODS DRIVE ISLAND
East Ferris, Ontario MLS® #29398294
Courtesy of SHAWN ROY/RE/MAX CROWN REALTY (1989) INC
12809 MEADOW HEIGHTS ROAD
Fort St. John, British Columbia MLS® #29397967
Courtesy of Brenna Burns/Century 21 Energy Realty
4908 54 Avenue
High Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29397979
Courtesy of Simon D. Hunt/RE/MAX House of Real Estate
9 MACNEIL COURT
Bayham (Port Burwell), Ontario MLS® #29396868
Courtesy of CHRIS COSTABILE/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
645 Howard Ave
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #29398484
Courtesy of Julie Liang/REMAX Professionals (NA)
4 - 118 ISABELLA STREET
Parry Sound, Ontario MLS® #29396907
Courtesy of HOLLY CASCANETTE/RE/MAX Parry Sound Muskoka Realty Ltd
209 ELLERSLIE AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29397847
Courtesy of DAVIS MULHOLLAND/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
2906 - 9 VALHALLA INN ROAD
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29396844
Courtesy of CHAD YEHIA/HOUSESIGMA INC.
687 OAKWOOD ROAD
Powassan, Ontario MLS® #29397760
Courtesy of Meaghan MacKenzie/Revel Realty Inc. Brokerage
101 MANOR ROAD E
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29397164
Courtesy of YVONNE HUH/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
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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