3303 70 Avenue
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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
1112 - 273 SOUTH PARK ROAD
Markham (Commerce Valley), Ontario MLS® #29557559
Courtesy of JOHN GUO/ANJIA REALTY
159 HARDING CRESCENT
London South (South Y), Ontario MLS® #29557573
Courtesy of TONY CASSAR/SUTTON GROUP PREFERRED REALTY INC.
33 LACEBARK COURT
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29557580
Courtesy of JAGTAR DHILLON/RE/MAX EXCELLENCE REAL ESTATE
154 CHARLTON BOULEVARD
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29557554
Courtesy of ARI ESMAIL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
618 - 1105 LEGER WAY
Milton (FO Ford), Ontario MLS® #29557612
Courtesy of HANI AZAM/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
2470 Wallace STREET
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29557617
Courtesy of Ahmadreza (Sam) Nezamloo/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
822 - 297 COLLEGE STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29557629
Courtesy of SALLY HUANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
Lot 14 Golden Shore Dr
Marshes (West Bay), Nova Scotia MLS® #29557624
Courtesy of Olena Stutzinger/Cape Breton Realty
14 ACADEMIE STREET
Russell, Ontario MLS® #29557681
Courtesy of Guillaume A. Dufour/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
PT LT 40 HORSESHOE VALLEY ROAD W
Oro-Medonte (Craighurst), Ontario MLS® #29557686
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
24 COPEMAN AVENUE
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29557693
Courtesy of RITA SEIFIN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
196 MELROSE AVENUE
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #29557698
Courtesy of EVAN WEEL/RE/MAX Four Seasons Realty Limited
82 LAMPKIN STREET
Georgina (Sutton & Jackson's Point), Ontario MLS® #29557718
Courtesy of CHRIS HIGGINS/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
63 SENECA Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29557701
Courtesy of Kevin Roger Girard/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
39 CHAMBERLAIN CRESCENT
Penetanguishene, Ontario MLS® #29557737
Courtesy of KAREN MATZ/RE/MAX Georgian Bay Realty Ltd
#38 100 Jensen Lakes Blvd.
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #29557869
Courtesy of Cassandra Horner/Lux Real Estate Inc
5842 QUESTMAN HOLLOW
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29557922
Courtesy of UMER FAROOQ/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
306 Frederick Street
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia MLS® #29557636
Courtesy of Amy Perry/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
135 ALLENBY AVENUE
Toronto (Elms-Old Rexdale), Ontario MLS® #29557770
Courtesy of ALPESH GANDHI/HOMELIFE MAPLE LEAF REALTY LTD.
67 MILFORD Avenue Unit# 2
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29557833
Courtesy of Manish Gupta/SOLID STATE REALTY INC.
80 LOIS DRIVE
Vaughan (Islington Woods), Ontario MLS® #29557915
Courtesy of MOE FAHRY/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
5223 RUPERTS GATE DRIVE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29557927
Courtesy of NAVEEN DUA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
42 - 230 BLACKHORNE DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29557939
Courtesy of LAURIE KEYES/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
211 - 9751 MARKHAM ROAD
Markham (Greensborough), Ontario MLS® #29557763
Courtesy of FERIT ESEN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
3109 - 319 JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29558184
Courtesy of MONA BI/SMART SOLD REALTY
3 - 18 ORMEROD STREET
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #29558196
Courtesy of RAFY ALAM/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
106 DIANA DRIVE
Orillia, Ontario MLS® #29558204
Courtesy of NIGEL MOHAN/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
12 - 670 ATWATER AVENUE
Mississauga (Mineola), Ontario MLS® #29558209
Courtesy of DIXON KWONG/CENTURY 21 KENNECT REALTY
150 Haverstock CRESCENT
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29558223
Courtesy of Zoey Schneider/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
1709 - 20 GATINEAU DRIVE
Vaughan (Beverley Glen), Ontario MLS® #29558259
Courtesy of MONA GHASEMI/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
1390 HALIFAX PLACE
Burlington (Brant), Ontario MLS® #29558261
Courtesy of LISA WEBER/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
667 Henry Dayday ROAD
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29558266
Courtesy of Zoey Schneider/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
50 Hampstead Gardens NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29558280
Courtesy of Ajaypal Sandhu/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
60 SAILORS LANDING DRIVE
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29558285
Courtesy of CODY ALCOCK/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
621 - 2 DAVID EYER ROAD
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #29558374
Courtesy of HATEM BAKHIT/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
12 WALFORD ROAD
Toronto (Kingsway South), Ontario MLS® #29557984
Courtesy of JANE MCKAIG/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
201D - 16 MELBOURNE AVENUE
St. Catharines (E. Chester), Ontario MLS® #29557989
Courtesy of PUJA UPPAL/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
538, 222 Riverfront Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29557890
Courtesy of Michael Matt/RE/MAX Complete Realty
2 - 41 SUMMERHILL AVENUE
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #29557895
Courtesy of LUCIA GOUVEIA/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY GOLD REALTY
71 LILLINGTON AVENUE
Toronto (Birchcliffe-Cliffside), Ontario MLS® #29557903
Courtesy of SELVAN KASIPILLAI/RE/MAX ACE REALTY INC.
LP 6 - 1255 BAYLY STREET S
Pickering (Bay Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29557908
Courtesy of CATHARINE ANN BARROW/ROYAL HERITAGE 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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