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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
3329 VARDON WAY
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30105481
Courtesy of CINDY ZHANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
99 ASCALON DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30105462
Courtesy of FUAD ABASOV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
137 CHRISTOPHER ROAD
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30105467
Courtesy of EVELYN LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2566 2 Road
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30105479
Courtesy of Teja Vajha/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC. BROKERAGE
608 - 75 CANTERBURY PLACE
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #30105451
Courtesy of SABINE EL GHALI/KELLER WILLIAMS PORTFOLIO REALTY
(BSMNT) - 1334 KESTELL BOULEVARD
Oakville (JC Joshua Creek), Ontario MLS® #30105468
Courtesy of PATRICK QIN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
255 AMOS DRIVE
Caledon (Palgrave), Ontario MLS® #30105463
Courtesy of RAMANDEEP WRAICH/HOMELIFE SILVERCITY REALTY INC.
1404 - 70 TEMPERANCE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30105471
Courtesy of KEN QI/HIGHLAND REALTY
234 - 1498 PILGRIMS WAY
Oakville (GA Glen Abbey), Ontario MLS® #30105464
Courtesy of SOPHIA XIAO/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
221 PROSSER CIRCLE
Milton (HA Harrison), Ontario MLS® #30105465
Courtesy of OMAR AL-SHAREEDA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
313 - 246 LOGAN AVENUE
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #30105453
Courtesy of JONATHAN LO/HOMELIFE BROADWAY REALTY INC.
701 LEEDER COURT
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #30105460
Courtesy of MICHAEL SHEN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
BASEMNT - 112 WALTER AVENUE
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #30105477
Courtesy of MAX SHOKOUHI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
37 LUISA STREET
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30105478
Courtesy of KIRTI KONDAWAR/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
11C CONDOR AVENUE
Toronto (Blake-Jones), Ontario MLS® #30105454
Courtesy of RYAN MATTHEW ANTHONY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
282 NELSON STREET E
Carleton Place, Ontario MLS® #30105447
Courtesy of Eugine Wong/HOME RUN REALTY INC.
1138 WOODINGTON LANE
Oakville (JC Joshua Creek), Ontario MLS® #30105480
Courtesy of CINDY ZHANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2801 - 28 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30105417
Courtesy of HUGO GAI/BEST UNION REALTY INC.
UPPER FLOOR - 163 TERRY FOX DRIVE ROAD
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #30105443
Courtesy of ARTHUR ZHAO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
602W - 36 LISGAR STREET
Toronto (Little Portugal), Ontario MLS® #30105474
Courtesy of TINA LI/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
1207 Jumping Pound Common
Cochrane, Alberta MLS® #30105450
Courtesy of Cal Hanson/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
902 - 20 DEANS DRIVE
Toronto (Clairlea-Birchmount), Ontario MLS® #30105455
Courtesy of SIVAGE SIVAGUMARAN/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
64 - 64 MYERS LANE
Hamilton (Ancaster), Ontario MLS® #30104894
Courtesy of Dylan Menezes/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
212 Prospect STREET
Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan MLS® #30104899
Courtesy of Marcel Rossler/Sutton Group - Results Realty
83 GARLAND CR
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #30104902
Courtesy of Danielle A. McGale/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
8 Blueridge Drive
Rural Rocky View County, Alberta MLS® #30104907
Courtesy of Bradley Somer/REMAX Innovations
UNIT 5 - 25 DERVOCK CRESCENT
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30104919
Courtesy of IAN HE/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
119 ASH STREET
Whitby (Downtown Whitby), Ontario MLS® #30104921
Courtesy of FRANK LEO/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
542 WINGROVE CRESCENT
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #30104933
Courtesy of JITENDER PRIHAR/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
6624 Route 13
Mayfield, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30104938
Courtesy of Tayler Weeks/ALLAN WEEKS REAL ESTATE CO.,LTD.
24163 HIGHWAY 7 HIGHWAY
Frontenac (Frontenac Centre), Ontario MLS® #30104952
Courtesy of Brendon Paul Stitt/REMAX BOARDWALK REALTY
804 Bucktail Rd
Mill Bay, British Columbia MLS® #30104957
Courtesy of Carol Kerr/Royal LePage Coast Capital - Westshore
707 - 62 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #30104964
Courtesy of WILLIAM WEI/REMAX CONNECT REALTY
UPPER - 34 MYSTIC AVENUE
Toronto (Oakridge), Ontario MLS® #30104969
Courtesy of SHAH AHMED/HOMELIFE G1 REALTY INC.
208 - 18 WATER WALK DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30104971
Courtesy of JASON MOK/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
134 NAPIER STREET
Barrie (Codrington), Ontario MLS® #30104983
Courtesy of LINDSAY PERCY/ROYAL LEPAGE FIRST CONTACT REALTY
1508 - 160 MACDONELL STREET
Guelph (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #30105001
Courtesy of JIM BEH/TFN REALTY INC.
75 BRISCOE STREET
Loyalist (Amherstview), Ontario MLS® #30104779
Courtesy of Ali Ayyash/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
17 DUDLEY DRIVE
Guelph (Kortright East), Ontario MLS® #30104786
Courtesy of KELLY HUNG/Keller Williams Home Group Realty
BASEMENT - 15 SAINTSBURY SQUARE
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #30104793
Courtesy of MIA JIN/AVION REALTY INC.
807 - 28 ANN STREET
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #30104801
Courtesy of JELENA KITCHOUKOVA/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS 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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