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
502 - 107 ROGER STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29670945
Courtesy of NIRAV PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
216 - 167 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29671479
Courtesy of LYNDA GORGES/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
905 - 1780 VICTORIA PARK AVENUE
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #29671474
Courtesy of NIKKI GOODMAN/HAZELTON REAL ESTATE INC.
150 TROTHEN CIRCLE
Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #29671513
Courtesy of SHARON CHENG/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
365 EAST 18TH Street
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29671525
Courtesy of Deborah Coles/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
12 WILLOWBROOK STREET
Cramahe (Colborne), Ontario MLS® #29671392
Courtesy of BRENDA KLOOSTRA/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
Estevan Grainland - 513 Acres
Estevan Rm No. 5, Saskatchewan MLS® #29670940
Courtesy of Brad Wilson/NextAcre Real Estate
UPPER - 91 ANTIBES DRIVE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29671551
Courtesy of TERRENCE MENEZES/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
404 - 10 PRINCE ARTHUR AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29671082
Courtesy of PAUL JOHNSTON/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
64 THOMPSON AVENUE
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29671549
Courtesy of LUISA PICCIRILLI/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
737 - 30 DREAMERS WAY
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29670318
Courtesy of CAITLIN CHUNG/RE/MAX METROPOLIS REALTY
96 JANEY AVENUE
North Bay (Airport), Ontario MLS® #29671753
Courtesy of ANDRE PURCELL/Century 21 Blue Sky Region Realty Inc., Brokerage
17 HIRST AVENUE
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #29671772
Courtesy of MICHAEL JAMES HENRY/MAIN STREET REALTY LTD.
18 - 490 VETERANS DRIVE
Barrie (Holly), Ontario MLS® #29671777
Courtesy of MARIA ONGARO/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
206 Maple Street
Tignish, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29671784
Courtesy of Tracy Wedge/CENTURY 21 NORTHUMBERLAND REALTY
7292 SILLS ROAD
Mississauga (Malton), Ontario MLS® #29671791
Courtesy of RAJWINDER SAGGU/PONTIS REALTY INC.
53 - 455 APACHE COURT
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29671796
Courtesy of KRISTINE ELIZABETH VAVRINEC/EXP REALTY
308 - 4015 KILMER DRIVE
Burlington (Tansley), Ontario MLS® #29671811
Courtesy of SHANNON SULLIVAN/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
113 JEAN WORRELL CRESCENT
Kingston (Rideau), Ontario MLS® #29670988
Courtesy of DANIELLE AMBROSE/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
385 PIONEER Drive Unit# 5
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29671683
Courtesy of Caroline Nichols/ROYAL LEPAGE WOLLE REALTY
93 TABARET CRESCENT
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29671739
Courtesy of KENNETH SYLVESTER TOPPIN/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
833 Daniel DRIVE
Dufferin Rm No. 190, Saskatchewan MLS® #29671746
Courtesy of Anthony Polley/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
917 MAPLE AVENUE
Milton (DP Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #29671789
Courtesy of DONNA STARK/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1410 - 1410 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29671804
Courtesy of OWEN FAWCETT/AREA REALTY INC.
1002 - 15 SINGER COURT
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29670293
Courtesy of GERRARD HE/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
811 - 2088 JAMES STREET
Burlington (Brant), Ontario MLS® #29670926
Courtesy of CHRISTINA SHEPPARD/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
466 OUELLETTE ROAD
East Ferris, Ontario MLS® #29671099
Courtesy of LENKA EBERHARDT/Royal LePage Northern Life Realty, Brokerage
140 RIDING MOUNTAIN DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Jefferson), Ontario MLS® #29671152
Courtesy of MICHAEL MA/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
74 BROCK AVENUE
Markham (Berczy), Ontario MLS® #29671164
Courtesy of JIALIN LU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
305 DANNY WHEELER BOULEVARD
Georgina (Keswick North), Ontario MLS® #29671169
Courtesy of ZENA NASSEREDDINE/PINNACLE ONE REAL ESTATE INC.
612 - 58 LAKESIDE TERRACE
Barrie (Little Lake), Ontario MLS® #29671195
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
5951 Cathedral Cres
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #29671222
Courtesy of David Hayward/Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty (NanIsHwyN)
68 JACKSON DRIVE
New Tecumseth (Tottenham), Ontario MLS® #29670755
Courtesy of MAX KAMALI/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
24 Mitchell Island Loop
Linden, Nova Scotia MLS® #29671044
Courtesy of Andre Lajo/Royal LePage Atlantic (Dartmouth)
1 DEBLOIS Street
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29671075
Courtesy of Steve Yoston/EXIT Realty PEI
LOWER LEVEL - 73 BALFOUR AVENUE
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #29671107
Courtesy of CARLOS MONIZ/EXP REALTY
11 COTTONWOOD Street
Waterford, Ontario MLS® #29671816
Courtesy of Michael Aucoin/Royal LePage Action Realty
55 RHODES AVENUE
Toronto (Greenwood-Coxwell), Ontario MLS® #29671734
Courtesy of MATTHEW BUSCH/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS
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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