#109 180 BRIDGEPORT BV
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29168589
Courtesy of Marlise Alves/Real Broker
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.
304 - 3260 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #29168556
Courtesy of SANDEEP BATRA/SAVE MAX REAL ESTATE INC.
2225 - 3270 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #29168557
Courtesy of SANDEEP BATRA/SAVE MAX REAL ESTATE INC.
1405 DEMERS AVENUE
Kingston (East Gardiners Rd), Ontario MLS® #29165650
Courtesy of BEC RYTTERSGAARD/RE/MAX RISE EXECUTIVES, BROKERAGE
75 ELLEN Street Unit# 508
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #29165667
Courtesy of Peggy Hill/RE/MAX Hallmark Peggy Hill Group Realty Brokerage
115 VICTOR AVENUE
Toronto (North Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29165732
Courtesy of CLAUDIO CERRITO/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
203 7162 133A STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29165737
Courtesy of Jake Lorenzo/Sutton Premier Realty
10 AUBURNDALE DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29165763
Courtesy of LUDMILA BERENZON/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
3132 TWELFTH LINE
Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario MLS® #29165768
Courtesy of BETSY SHERWIN WOLFENDEN/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
20 Elizabeth CRESCENT
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29165787
Courtesy of Jeffery Harmel/Realty Executives Diversified Realty
981 MOHAWK Road E
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29165794
Courtesy of E. Martin Mazza/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
BSMT - 40 BARR CRESCENT
Brampton (Heart Lake East), Ontario MLS® #29165807
Courtesy of AMAN GURAYA/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
LOT Br-2 Bowers Road
Lower Ohio, Nova Scotia MLS® #29165814
Courtesy of Corey Huskilson/Royal Lepage Atlantic (Mahone Bay)
1095 CLEVELAND ROAD
Tudor and Cashel (Tudor Ward), Ontario MLS® #29165819
Courtesy of STEPHANIE ROY/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
1101 CRAIG LANE
Kingston (South of Taylor-Kidd Blvd), Ontario MLS® #29165821
Courtesy of PAULA BEVENS-RUTTER/RE/MAX FINEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
6128 KING STREET
Timmins (Porcupine - East), Ontario MLS® #29165838
Courtesy of Mike Bilodeau/ZIEMINSKI REAL ESTATE INC
24 MACBEAN CRESCENT
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #29165840
Courtesy of Bland Kaka/KELLER WILLIAMS COMPLETE REALTY
209C - 155 HAGAR STREET
Welland (Lincoln/Crowland), Ontario MLS® #29165864
Courtesy of TANYA PETTI/EXP REALTY
185 Legacy Crescent SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29165869
Courtesy of David Hansen/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
LOWER - 92 MITCHELL AVENUE
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29165895
Courtesy of LILLIAN MARSON/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
201 - 489 QUEEN STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29165908
Courtesy of TALIA BLACK/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
UNIT B - 209 DUNDAS STREET W
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29165915
Courtesy of RODICA ILIESCU/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
6537 ST MICHAEL Avenue
Niagara Falls, Ontario MLS® #29165927
Courtesy of Stephanie Doan-Lynds/RE/MAX Niagara Realty Ltd.
2E - 8 ROSEBANK DRIVE
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #29165934
Courtesy of ALEXANDRIA VICTORIA CLEYN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
369 SKYLINE AVENUE
London North (North B), Ontario MLS® #29165504
Courtesy of NEERA CHOPRA/SUTTON GROUP PREFERRED REALTY INC.
741 DRUMMOND CON 12C ROAD
Drummond/North Elmsley, Ontario MLS® #29165511
Courtesy of Stephanie Mols/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
73 ALBANY Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29165528
Courtesy of Calvin William Voortman/Voortman Realty Inc.
1 LEASIDE PARK Drive Unit# 419
Toronto, Ontario MLS® #29165530
Courtesy of Kayla Smith/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
2009 - 55 REGENT PARK BOULEVARD
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29165547
Courtesy of LAMIS DANTAS/THE AGENCY
907 - 2033 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29165559
Courtesy of JERRY MCHADY/EXP REALTY
6 NORTHROP BSMT AVENUE N
Clarington (Newcastle), Ontario MLS® #29165561
Courtesy of HEAVEN KAYMEN JOSEPH/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
146 MUMBAI DRIVE
Markham (Middlefield), Ontario MLS® #29165580
Courtesy of ALVIN C. LIU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
6145 3RD LINE
New Tecumseth, Ontario MLS® #29165585
Courtesy of KATHRYN M LUNN/COLDWELL BANKER RONAN REALTY
3566 BAYOU ROAD
Severn (West Shore), Ontario MLS® #29165592
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
1560 ALEXANDRA STREET
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29165597
Courtesy of John Chung/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
324 - 33 WHITMER STREET
Milton (SC Scott), Ontario MLS® #29165605
Courtesy of AMY FLOWERS/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
301 - 15 THIRTY THIRD STREET
Toronto (Long Branch), Ontario MLS® #29165624
Courtesy of GABRIEL FERRARO/ENGEL & VOLKERS OAKVILLE
633 WETTLAUFER TERRACE
Milton (SC Scott), Ontario MLS® #29165629
Courtesy of JASON KYLE POWER/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
54 Sunnybrae Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #29165636
Courtesy of Magdalena Campbell/Engel & Volkers
662 HARRIET Street Unit# Upper
Welland, Ontario MLS® #29165376
Courtesy of Soni Chachad/Keller Williams Edge Realty
UNIT 1611 - 385 WINSTON ROAD
Grimsby (Grimsby Beach), Ontario MLS® #29165388
Courtesy of Jordan Saksena/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
37 EAST GLEN DRIVE
Lambton Shores (Arkona), Ontario MLS® #29165410
Courtesy of COLIN VAN MOORSEL/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
1003 - 100 MILLSIDE DRIVE
Milton (OM Old Milton), Ontario MLS® #29165415
Courtesy of LYNDA CROSS/Royal LePage Meadowtowne Realty Inc., Brokerage
608 - 20 TUBMAN AVENUE
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29165434
Courtesy of EDWARD WANG/ROYAL LEPAGE CONNECT REALTY
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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