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
1003-1087 Parsons Road SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29661678
Courtesy of Ricky Aujla/Century 21 Bravo Realty
2486 Highway 1 Highway
Aylesford, Nova Scotia MLS® #29700280
Courtesy of Vanessa Duprey/Royal LePage Atlantic (Greenwood)
3319 TACC DRIVE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29700292
Courtesy of IMRAN ALAM/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
23 5th AVENUE N
Martensville, Saskatchewan MLS® #29700300
Courtesy of Sharon Wingate/Century 21 Fusion
29 ROSE GLEN CRESCENT
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Virgil), Ontario MLS® #29700312
Courtesy of RALPH SPITTAL/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
7 CHARTERHOUSE ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29699762
Courtesy of MASON CHIU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
81 ROADMASTER LANE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29700475
Courtesy of SANIMER SINGH/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
50 LAWLOR COURT
Brampton (Snelgrove), Ontario MLS® #29700482
Courtesy of MATTI SARAN/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY CENTRE
264 HIGHLAND SPRINGS
South Huron (Stephen), Ontario MLS® #29700519
Courtesy of JASON LEATHWOOD/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
7 50TH STREET S
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #29700451
Courtesy of STACEY SCHEIRER/KELLER WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE REALTY
387 FERNDALE DRIVE S
Barrie (Ardagh), Ontario MLS® #29700449
Courtesy of ALEX ELIEFF/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
121 GRENFELL CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29700153
Courtesy of Jacen Matthews/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
4640 CONCESSION 5 ROAD
Clarington, Ontario MLS® #29700331
Courtesy of JASMINE SEARCH/HOMESMITHS REAL ESTATE LTD.
2138 BURBANK DRIVE
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29700297
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
#153 603 WATT BV SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29700261
Courtesy of Che Taylor/MaxWell Challenge Realty
3366 McIver Road
West Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29700191
Courtesy of Anthony Shephard/2 Percent Realty Interior Inc.
145 SILAS BOULEVARD
Georgina (Keswick North), Ontario MLS® #29700437
Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/LPT REALTY
85 MORRELL Street Unit# 224A
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29700608
Courtesy of Matt Dickens/Pay It Forward Realty
660 Grand Lake Road
Grand Lake Road, Nova Scotia MLS® #29700278
Courtesy of Jennifer Kyte-MacDonald/Keller Williams Select Realty(Sydney,Townsend St.)
SMD-3B 28 Simona Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29701012
Courtesy of Jacqui Rostek Holder/Royal LePage Atlantic
62 DUKINFIELD CRESCENT
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #29701086
Courtesy of GARY TEHARA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
69 Daley Drive
Coxheath, Nova Scotia MLS® #29701093
Courtesy of Leanne Martheleur/Coldwell Banker Boardwalk Realty
LOWER - 8 FIRST AVENUE
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29701101
Courtesy of ALEXANDER T EVANS/PROPERTY.CA INC.
35 MIDHURST Heights Unit# 33
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #29701132
Courtesy of Chuck Hogeterp/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
64 SAN FERNANDO Drive
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29701137
Courtesy of Mark Nyman/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
258B SUNVIEW Street Unit# 291
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29701144
Courtesy of Corry Van Iersel/Vancor Realty Inc.
LOWER - 26 ROCKWOOD CRESCENT
Vaughan (Beverley Glen), Ontario MLS® #29701151
Courtesy of ROBERT GRIN/FINE HOMES REALESTATE INC.
307 - 49 JACOBS TERRACE
Barrie (Allandale), Ontario MLS® #29701156
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
38 6195 168 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29700463
Courtesy of Teresa Magsambol/Sutton Premier Realty
608 - 120 EAGLE ROCK WAY
Vaughan, Ontario MLS® #29699952
Courtesy of AHNNA KIM/HOME STANDARDS BRICKSTONE REALTY
38 WILTSHIRE AVENUE
Toronto (Weston-Pellam Park), Ontario MLS® #29699988
Courtesy of NATASHA CHRISTINE PREHN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
36 WEST LANE
Trent Hills, Ontario MLS® #29700571
Courtesy of MICHELLE CROSS/REALTY EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATES LTD.
1607, 3820 Brentwood Road NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29700660
Courtesy of Jennifer Sipkens/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
1331 - 155 MERCHANTS WHARF
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29700792
Courtesy of ANDREEA PAVLOV/PROPERTY.CA INC.
42 DINGWALL AVENUE
Toronto (Blake-Jones), Ontario MLS® #29700812
Courtesy of SUZANNE CATHERINE LEWIS/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
A - 80 BELGRAVIA AVENUE
Toronto (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Ontario MLS® #29700956
Courtesy of AMANDA MILLER/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
73 HOCKEN AVENUE
Toronto (Wychwood), Ontario MLS® #29701081
Courtesy of GREGORY MICHAEL BROWN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
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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