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.
234 GIESBRECHT ROAD
Quesnel, British Columbia MLS® #29956174
Courtesy of Curtis Burbs Burbee/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Qsnl)
314 13963 105 BOULEVARD
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29956198
Courtesy of Rio J. Zhang/Luxmore Realty
19 7817 S 97 HIGHWAY HIGHWAY
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29956175
Courtesy of Kyle Todoruk/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
6608 - 1 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29950621
Courtesy of HANNAH HAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
18 FOLIAGE DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29950652
Courtesy of AMAN DHALIWAL/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
238 NAUTICAL BOULEVARD
Oakville (BR Bronte), Ontario MLS® #29950657
Courtesy of SOPHIA HUANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
UPPER - 326 CHANDLER CRESCENT
Peterborough (Monaghan Ward 2), Ontario MLS® #29950671
Courtesy of SERWAT NAZ AHMED/THE AGENCY
19 4 Rose Way
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29950929
Courtesy of Laura Leigh Gillis/East Coast Realty Ltd.
107 Royston Way NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29951097
Courtesy of Jenna Leigh Bole/Royal LePage Benchmark
36 Willow Street
Hantsport, Nova Scotia MLS® #29951511
Courtesy of Jen Demmings/Keller Williams Select Realty
4359 CHEMONDA STREET
Niagara Falls (Lyons Creek), Ontario MLS® #29950873
Courtesy of YING WANG/COSMOPOLITAN REALTY
8509 SLOANE CR NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29951592
Courtesy of Jeneen L. Marchant/RE/MAX Real Estate
1000 LACKNER Place Unit# 507
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29951566
Courtesy of CONSTANCE GUGLIELMO/RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.
101 2270 Harbour Rd
Sidney, British Columbia MLS® #29951629
Courtesy of John Morris/Coldwell Banker Oceanside Real Estate
41 LANDERVILLE LANE
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29951249
Courtesy of Raj Saharan/Royal LePage Frank Real Estate
3816 FOXBOROUGH TRAIL
Mississauga (Lisgar), Ontario MLS® #29951458
Courtesy of RAVI MADADI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
229 PARKVALE DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29951496
Courtesy of FERNANDO CALERO/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
6 Park CRESCENT
Edenwold Rm No.158, Saskatchewan MLS® #29951319
Courtesy of Lisa Trombetta/Realty Hub Brokerage
367 BROOKE AVENUE
Toronto (Bedford Park-Nortown), Ontario MLS® #29951357
Courtesy of JESS MARTENFELD/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
1608 - 131 TORRESDALE AVENUE
Toronto (Westminster-Branson), Ontario MLS® #29951369
Courtesy of ROSITA SADIKLAR/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
26 HAHN STREET
Whitby, Ontario MLS® #29951390
Courtesy of AANCHAL SINGH/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
69 GATWICK AVENUE
Toronto (Woodbine-Lumsden), Ontario MLS® #29951395
Courtesy of DYLAN PROVENCHER/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
209 Empire Avenue
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29951410
Courtesy of Jeremy Snow/RE/MAX Realty Specialists
2875 Green ST
Richards Landing, Ontario MLS® #29951439
Courtesy of Hunter Waugh/Exit Realty True North
15 ROXANNE Drive
St. Catharines, Ontario MLS® #29951489
Courtesy of Julie Swayze/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
1018 Cornwall Avenue North
Fort Frances, Ontario MLS® #29951509
Courtesy of MIRANDA VEITCH/CENTURY 21 NORTHERN CHOICE REALTY LTD.
5 BETZNER Avenue N
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29951561
Courtesy of DAVID HENRY FLANDERS/RED AND WHITE REALTY INC.
170 Panamount Road NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29951263
Courtesy of Jamie Cheung/The Real Estate District
54 PARADISE ROAD
Marmora and Lake (Marmora Ward), Ontario MLS® #29951268
Courtesy of Holly Campbell/Exit Realty Group
235 4TH STREET CRESCENT
Hanover, Ontario MLS® #29951275
Courtesy of STEPHANIE HOCKING/Royal LePage RCR Realty
1329 14th STREET E
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29951314
Courtesy of Scott Irwin/Royal LePage Saskatoon Real Estate
2606 - 33 ISABELLA STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29951364
Courtesy of TODOR YORDANOV/CITY REALTY POINT
BASEMENT - 190 LAUDER AVENUE
Toronto (Oakwood Village), Ontario MLS® #29951371
Courtesy of JEFFREY LUCIANO/KELLER WILLIAMS ADVANTAGE REALTY
1105 - 1185 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29951446
Courtesy of ROBIN LUO/EVERLAND REALTY INC.
221 - 3060 ROTARY WAY
Burlington (Alton), Ontario MLS® #29951453
Courtesy of JP PEREIRA/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
1201 NORTH SHORE Boulevard E Unit# 101
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29951484
Courtesy of Kelsi Cumberland/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
712, 3830 Brentwood Road NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29951491
Courtesy of Cam Naghshineh/Royal LePage Blue Sky
2089 BROADLEAF CRESCENT
Burlington (Uptown), Ontario MLS® #29950828
Courtesy of KELLE BAKER/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
521 10 Avenue NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29950912
Courtesy of Anne Clarke-Davidson/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
2952 St James CRESCENT
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29951061
Courtesy of Brendan Thibault/Century 21 Dome 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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