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.
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
#202 205 Jennifer Heilway
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #30167519
Courtesy of Rakesh Chadha/Logic Realty
3 - 148 PORTLAND STREET
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30258730
Courtesy of JOSEPH MARCHESE/Royal LePage Security Real Estate
68 - 536 SHERATON ROAD
Burlington (Appleby), Ontario MLS® #30259310
Courtesy of MICHAEL P. LIM/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
102 4692 Alderwood Pl
Courtenay, British Columbia MLS® #30260076
Courtesy of Amy Axon/Royal LePage Advance Realty
50 SOUTHGLEN Road
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30260040
Courtesy of Christopher Van Berkel/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
302 - 2250 BOVAIRD DRIVE E
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30260026
Courtesy of RAVI MINHAS/HOMELIFE SILVERCITY REALTY INC.
0A - 261 KING STREET E
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #30260064
Courtesy of MICHAEL BREJNIK/ROYAL LEPAGE BURLOAK REAL ESTATE SERVICES
1518 CROFT AVENUE N
Milton (CL Clarke), Ontario MLS® #30260014
Courtesy of RYAN FRANCIS HAYDAR/REVEL REALTY INC.
1002 - 3220 WILLIAM COLTSON AVENUE
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30260007
Courtesy of ARIF ALI RAJER/CITYSCAPE REAL ESTATE LTD.
25 BERTRAM DRIVE
Springwater (Elmvale), Ontario MLS® #30259985
Courtesy of DOUG GOOBIE/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
468 DORCHESTER COURT
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #30259978
Courtesy of PAMELA COVENTRY/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
416 - 8110 BIRCHMOUNT ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30259959
Courtesy of SERENA WU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
#52 9908 80 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30259947
Courtesy of Lori Frank/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
7 15161 PROSPECT AVENUE
White Rock, British Columbia MLS® #30259954
Courtesy of Sarah Daniels/Macdonald Realty (Surrey/152)
112 112th STREET W
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30259036
Courtesy of Derek Morgan/Realty Executives Saskatoon
80 CHAPEL HILL Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30259024
Courtesy of JORDANA RACHELL WEISS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1 913 Dale St
Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30258999
Courtesy of Alex Carroll/Engel & Volkers Vancouver Island
76 HUNTER'S GLEN CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30259106
Courtesy of Brandi Leclerc/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
131 OWENS STREET
Pembroke, Ontario MLS® #30259098
Courtesy of Ryan Pattinson/ROYAL LEPAGE EDMONDS & ASSOCIATES
1654 BETHEL ROAD
Stone Mills (Stone Mills), Ontario MLS® #30259081
Courtesy of KEVIN HAGGERTY/RE/MAX FINEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
732 CENTRE STREET
Kingston (South of Taylor-Kidd Blvd), Ontario MLS® #30259079
Courtesy of MIKE BREAULT/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
308 - 32 WELLINGTON STREET E
Aurora (Aurora Village), Ontario MLS® #30258920
Courtesy of MICHAEL ALFREDO COLANGELO/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
440 - 2075 KING ROAD
King (King City), Ontario MLS® #30258913
Courtesy of MARC ANTHONY CARBONE/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
W/O - 1671 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Forest Hill South), Ontario MLS® #30258874
Courtesy of Benjamin Grys/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
4 TALBOT Street W
Jarvis, Ontario MLS® #30259175
Courtesy of Chuck Hogeterp/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
208 - 6 BRANDY LANE DRIVE
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #30259170
Courtesy of CANDACE ARMSTRONG/Royal LePage Locations North
1258 Trans-Canada Highway
Sorrento, British Columbia MLS® #30259163
Courtesy of Ovais Siddiqui/Century 21 Coastal Realty Ltd.
202, 40 Livingston Parade NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30259151
Courtesy of David Lofthaug/Bode Platform Inc.
5981 CULP STREET
Niagara Falls (Dorchester), Ontario MLS® #30259137
Courtesy of Cameron Kostuk/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
2603 - 2605 RANKIN STREET
Thunder Bay (Edgewater Park), Ontario MLS® #30259132
Courtesy of Cosmo Larizza/Royal LePage® Lannon Realty
6217 TOWNSEND LINE
Lambton Shores (Forest), Ontario MLS® #30259086
Courtesy of COLIN VAN MOORSEL/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
248 BENSON AVENUE
Toronto (Wychwood), Ontario MLS® #30259067
Courtesy of Ryan Mcnamee/Royal LePage Frank Real Estate
113 - 2635 WILLIAM JACKSON DRIVE
Pickering (Duffin Heights), Ontario MLS® #30258886
Courtesy of KEVIN ALVAREZ/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
65 HAIG AVENUE
Toronto (Birchcliffe-Cliffside), Ontario MLS® #30258879
Courtesy of NINO A. GASPARI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
770 PAM CRESCENT
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #30259252
Courtesy of ETI AMOUYAL/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
1520 - 50 CLEGG ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30259245
Courtesy of NICOLE LIN/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN 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