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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
104 GREAT OAK DRIVE
Toronto (Princess-Rosethorn), Ontario MLS® #29908341
Courtesy of FRANK LE/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
412 AUTUMN CRESCENT
Welland (West Welland), Ontario MLS® #29908389
Courtesy of AGNES KIM/HOME STANDARDS BRICKSTONE REALTY
1234 UPPER PAUDASH ROAD
Highlands East (Cardiff Ward), Ontario MLS® #29908310
Courtesy of Vera Mainguy/Homelife Preferred Realty Inc.
220 COCHRANE STREET
Scugog (Port Perry), Ontario MLS® #29908327
Courtesy of SUZANNE ARDEN JENKINS/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
33 REGINA AVENUE
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #29908365
Courtesy of SANDRA YOU CHIN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
3 Willow Road
Grand Falls - Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29908721
Courtesy of Justin Cox/Keller Williams Platinum Realty - Grand Falls
19 Larner Street
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29908726
Courtesy of Andrew Gosse/Royal LePage Atlantic Homestead
67 Jorphie Drive
East Uniacke, Nova Scotia MLS® #29908606
Courtesy of Johnathon Benedict/Royal LePage Atlantic - Valley(Windsor)
1572 RUTLAND CRESCENT
Milton (BW Bowes), Ontario MLS® #29908347
Courtesy of BAHA ALSHARIF/ZOLO REALTY
306 - 55 SPEERS ROAD
Oakville (CO Central), Ontario MLS® #29908342
Courtesy of KEN QI/HIGHLAND REALTY
525 NEW DUNDEE Road Unit# 516
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29908309
Courtesy of Jeewan Sidhu/HOMELIFE MIRACLE REALTY LTD.
505 - 771 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29908323
Courtesy of LEO LIN/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
310 - 3 STRATHGOWAN AVENUE
Toronto (Lawrence Park South), Ontario MLS® #29908366
Courtesy of ALI PAJANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
15 CHIDDINGTON GATE
London South (South R), Ontario MLS® #29908311
Courtesy of JONATHAN WISEMAN/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
3315 - 225 COMMERCE STREET W
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29908380
Courtesy of WINSTON WANG/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
223 BUTTERCUP COURT
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29908518
Courtesy of CHRISTINE CHADWICK/RE/MAX ICON REALTY
151 WAVERLEY ROAD
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #29908570
Courtesy of PAUL KARAMAT/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
170 LILAC CIRCLE
Haldimand, Ontario MLS® #29908602
Courtesy of MUHAMMAD ABSAR/GLOBAL BRICKS EXECUTIVE HOMES REALTY
47 MEDOC PLACE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29908671
Courtesy of BRAM ALIPOURFARD/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1447 Pleasant Grove Road
York, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29908703
Courtesy of Greg Rivard/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY
3 Station Road
Lower Island Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29908722
Courtesy of Gennie Rose/BlueKey Realty Inc.
17 JACOB DRIVE
Whitby (Lynde Creek), Ontario MLS® #29908373
Courtesy of TAYLOR GREENE/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
29 ROSLO COURT
Oakville (CP College Park), Ontario MLS® #29908385
Courtesy of JIM CHEN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
15 - 10 CARNATION AVENUE
Toronto (Long Branch), Ontario MLS® #29908343
Courtesy of SUN KIM/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3 - 50 HOLMES AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29908367
Courtesy of SYDNEY LU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
24 FINCH STREET
Kitimat, British Columbia MLS® #29908305
Courtesy of Ceara Abreu/RE/MAX Coast Mountains - Kitimat
105 PESHAWAR AVENUE
Markham (Village Green-South Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29908381
Courtesy of CELINE FAN/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
74 MANILA AVENUE
Markham (Berczy), Ontario MLS® #29908336
Courtesy of HOWARD ZHU/PROPTECH REALTY INC.
2B 6 Harley Street
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29908704
Courtesy of Greg Rivard/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY
299 Pennywell Road
St John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29908723
Courtesy of Tom Beckett/Royal LePage Atlantic Homestead
58 HIGHLANDS BOULEVARD
Cavan Monaghan (Cavan Twp), Ontario MLS® #29908730
Courtesy of ZAHID NEEMUCHWALA/ZOLO REALTY
426 RANGER BAY
Parry Sound Remote Area (Blair), Ontario MLS® #29908660
Courtesy of DAVID SHEEPWAY/RE/MAX Parry Sound Muskoka Realty Ltd
51 WINSTON CASTLE DRIVE
Markham (Berczy), Ontario MLS® #29908672
Courtesy of BAIMIN XIA/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
44 WEYMOUTH Street
Elmira, Ontario MLS® #29908711
Courtesy of SHANNA RAE ROZEMA/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
112 CARMICHAEL CRESCENT
Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #29908728
Courtesy of DEREK WESLEY CLUGSTON/ZOLO REALTY
1359 KESTELL BOULEVARD
Oakville (JC Joshua Creek), Ontario MLS® #29908344
Courtesy of JEFF JAEWOONG CHOI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
6321 HOUSEMAN ROAD
Forest Grove, British Columbia MLS® #29907980
Courtesy of Sean Dirkson/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
MAIN FLOOR - 26 ARLENE CRESCENT
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29908375
Courtesy of ALAN SHAO/DREAM HOME 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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