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.
106 MATAWIN LANE
Richmond Hill (Headford Business Park), Ontario MLS® #30446937
Courtesy of ALLEN LI/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
163 GLENMOUNT PARK ROAD
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #30446913
Courtesy of GREGORY PARKER/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
73 CARMICHAEL DRIVE
North Bay (Airport), Ontario MLS® #30443634
Courtesy of JARROD PANDOLFO/Royal LePage Northern Life Realty, Brokerage
471 ANTHONY DRIVE
Oakville (OO Old Oakville), Ontario MLS® #30443627
Courtesy of PETER HE/Re/Max Hallmark Realty Ltd.
455 BELL Road
Binbrook, Ontario MLS® #30443944
Courtesy of Todd William Barker/Coldwell Banker-Burnhill Realty
46 REYNIER DRIVE
Brampton (Heart Lake East), Ontario MLS® #30443557
Courtesy of AMY FLOWERS/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
24 - 2484 POST ROAD
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #30443677
Courtesy of LEE LI/CENTURY 21 LANDUNION REALTY INC.
156 WILLIAM STREET
Belleville (Belleville Ward), Ontario MLS® #30444562
Courtesy of Patricia Guernsey/Royal LePage ProAlliance Realty
101 1840 165A STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30445990
Courtesy of Marketa Desouza/Macdonald Realty (Surrey/152)
58 RUTLEDGE ROAD
Mississauga (Streetsville), Ontario MLS® #30443026
Courtesy of ANTONIO SAADE HOUSH/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
919 - 55 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30442996
Courtesy of HELIO DOMINGOS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
80 NINTH CONCESSION ROAD 9 ROAD
Westport, Ontario MLS® #30443312
Courtesy of MARK SINNETT/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD., BROKERAGE
125 Whatshan Settlement Road
Edgewood, British Columbia MLS® #30443470
Courtesy of Stephanie Sexsmith/Fair Realty (Lumby)
17 TOTTEN STREET
Zorra (Embro), Ontario MLS® #30443401
Courtesy of ANTHONY TRAN/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
2715 - 3 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30443141
Courtesy of MATTHEW YAN/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
13071 East Ridge Drive
Lake Country, British Columbia MLS® #30444992
Courtesy of Michelle Chartrand/Royal LePage Kelowna
60 KIMBERLY AVENUE
North Grenville, Ontario MLS® #30445356
Courtesy of Diana Delisle/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
2944 INGALA DRIVE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30445623
Courtesy of Jen Higham/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
17 FAIRWAY COURT
Oro-Medonte (Horseshoe Valley), Ontario MLS® #30443367
Courtesy of MATTHEW PETROVICH/KELLER WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE REALTY
14848 BEACHVIEW AVENUE
White Rock, British Columbia MLS® #30446501
Courtesy of Amir Shojaee/Stonehaus Realty Corp.
4 HICKLING LANE
Ajax (Northwest Ajax), Ontario MLS® #30443153
Courtesy of ALLISTER JOHN SINCLAIR/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
UPPER PH04 - 50 HERRICK AVENUE
St. Catharines (Oakdale), Ontario MLS® #30443228
Courtesy of CHRISTINA GERODIMOU/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
225 - 11 RUTTAN STREET
Toronto (Dufferin Grove), Ontario MLS® #30443797
Courtesy of TOM CLARKE STOREY/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
436 BALMY BEACH ROAD
Georgian Bluffs, Ontario MLS® #30443792
Courtesy of SHANNON DECKERS/RE/MAX Grey Bruce Realty Inc.
4 - 819 KLEINBURG DRIVE
London North (North A), Ontario MLS® #30443610
Courtesy of RANDY GOELA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
905 - 1 YORKVILLE AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30443817
Courtesy of TYLER COHEN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
C3-C4 - 333 ALBERT STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30444264
Courtesy of KHALED KHALIL/Century 21 Heritage House Ltd.
1613 MANON STREET
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #30444079
Courtesy of Eric Longpre/RE/MAX ABSOLUTE REALTY INC.
584 Summit Ridge Road
Vaughan, Nova Scotia MLS® #30444404
Courtesy of Jodi Daniels/Royal LePage Atlantic - Valley(Windsor)
35 SHERMAN AVENUE N
Hamilton (Gibson), Ontario MLS® #30443576
Courtesy of NAIMA COTHRAN/ROYAL LEPAGE STATE REALTY
0 GRIFFIN AVENUE
Fort Erie (Crystal Beach), Ontario MLS® #30442814
Courtesy of Jessie MacDonald/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
TH 330 - 38 LEE CENTRE DRIVE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #30442845
Courtesy of MICHAEL SUN/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
26 BINGHAM AVENUE
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #30442852
Courtesy of LAINEY KATHLEEN BONSELL/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
UNIT 1 BACK UNIT - 546 MAJOR MACKENZIE DRIVE E
Richmond Hill (Harding), Ontario MLS® #30442869
Courtesy of JOHN AYOUB/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
873 CACTUS POINT E
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #30442890
Courtesy of GARY BHUTTA/YES REALTY INC.
30 FRANCIS Street S Unit# 2705
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30443071
Courtesy of ANURAG SHARMA/RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.
5 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 502
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30442922
Courtesy of ROBERT ALEXANDER MCFEE/Condo Culture Inc. - Brokerage 2
54-62 William Street
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30442960
Courtesy of Robert Decker/RE/MAX Infinity Realty Inc. - Sheraton Hotel
118 Main Road
Lark Harbour, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30442965
Courtesy of Tiffany Clarke/RE/MAX Realty Professionals Ltd. - Corner Brook
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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