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.
230 - 131 HONEYCRISP CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30403811
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
LOWER 1 - 145 HARRISON DRIVE
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #30404092
Courtesy of HOSSEIN NIKOUEINEJAD/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
16 Normans Lane
Meadowbank, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30403974
Courtesy of Shane McGuigan/ISLAND HOMES PEI REAL ESTATE
8 Ossington Street
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30404314
Courtesy of Josh Stokes/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
2288 BINBROOK Road
Binbrook, Ontario MLS® #30403760
Courtesy of Omar Al-Shareeda/Right At Home Realty
1221 - 15 SKYRIDGE DRIVE E
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #30404530
Courtesy of ANGELA MARIA DEFALCO/INTERCITY REALTY INC.
13 - 30 WOODSTREAM DRIVE
Toronto (West Humber-Clairville), Ontario MLS® #30404523
Courtesy of KARINA ESKANDARY/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
27 JAYLYNN COURT
Vaughan (Sonoma Heights), Ontario MLS® #30404225
Courtesy of JACOB WANG/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
110 SPADINA ROAD
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #30404554
Courtesy of DEV UPADHYAY/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
130 BEACON DRIVE
Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #30404605
Courtesy of KIMBERLEY STEPHENSON/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
218 WOODHAVEN Road Unit# 3
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30404871
Courtesy of ZANA JALAL/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
83 Canoe Crescent
Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia MLS® #30403931
Courtesy of Nousha Saberi/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
5 WEST HERRINGTON COURT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30404028
Courtesy of Geoff Walker/RE/MAX ABSOLUTE WALKER REALTY
703 - 1785 FROBISHER LANE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30404472
Courtesy of Philip Parnanzone/THE AGENCY OTTAWA
1687 CORONATION DRIVE
London North (North E), Ontario MLS® #30404422
Courtesy of AN LAM/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
34587 FERGUSON AVENUE
Mission, British Columbia MLS® #30404427
Courtesy of Jennifer Sears/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
701 - 525 ADELAIDE STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30403885
Courtesy of EUGENE PALERMO/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1 SOUTHWOOD Crescent
London, Ontario MLS® #30403880
Courtesy of MARK L.A. GREENIDGE/Rock Star Real Estate Inc.
3001 - 318 RICHMOND STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30404371
Courtesy of SARA ROWSHANBIN/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
11 DIETRICH Crescent
Grand Bend, Ontario MLS® #30403741
Courtesy of CINDY DACOSTA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
2455 FELHABER CRESCENT
Oakville (JC Joshua Creek), Ontario MLS® #30403734
Courtesy of JUN CAO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
110 OAKES CRESCENT
Guelph (Grange Road), Ontario MLS® #30404768
Courtesy of DAVE AUBREY/Coldwell Banker Neumann Real Estate
826 Applewood Drive SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30403842
Courtesy of Chuck Nguyen/Royal LePage Mission Real Estate
505 - 35 MERTON STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #30404388
Courtesy of DAWNA SATOV/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1900 Belmont Ave
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #30404838
Courtesy of Robyn Anderson/Coldwell Banker Oceanside Real Estate
35 VICTORWAY DRIVE
Barrie (Holly), Ontario MLS® #30404491
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
50 BREWSTER Way
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30404035
Courtesy of Riley Bohar/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
5 SNOWBERRY COURT
Caledon (Caledon Village), Ontario MLS® #30403816
Courtesy of KAITLAN KLEIN/CENTURY 21 MILLENNIUM INC.
19 KNOX COURT
North Bay (Ferris), Ontario MLS® #30405425
Courtesy of JORDAN LEPKAN/RE/MAX CROWN REALTY (1989) INC.
LOWER UNIT - 37 DAVIS STREET
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #30406973
Courtesy of MAGGIE DICK/Royal LePage Locations North
178 WINDSOR STREET
Oshawa (Donevan), Ontario MLS® #30404408
Courtesy of CALEY SEENS/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
LOWER UNIT - 210 MACKAN STREET
Thorold (Allanburg/Thorold South), Ontario MLS® #30403859
Courtesy of Teresa Lynn Hoogendam/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
331 KING STREET E
Caledon (Bolton North), Ontario MLS® #30404559
Courtesy of MIKE JEBO/RE/MAX EXPERTS
3365 Skinner Rd
Duncan, British Columbia MLS® #30406853
Courtesy of Elizabeth C. Biberger/Royal LePage Duncan Realty
724 Lone Pine Drive
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #30407053
Courtesy of Krista Johnstone/Coldwell Banker Executives Realty
21 - 260 RUSSELL HILL ROAD
Toronto (Casa Loma), Ontario MLS® #30403772
Courtesy of CATHERINE EL HIMELFARB-BORDEN/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
54 AMBROSE ROAD
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30404369
Courtesy of JASON WALKER/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
LOT 7&8 POND ROAD
Tay Valley, Ontario MLS® #30404237
Courtesy of James Dean/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM 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
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide