Articles by Geoff Kettel

Last month I wrote that the signals from Queen’s Park and City Hall suggest that “encroachment (of tall buildings) into existing neighbourhoods will not only proceed but will also expand.” Encroachment into neighbourhoods is not …more

As I’ve discussed before in Leaside Life, the Bayview-Eglinton area, particularly the west side of Bayview, has received multiple development applications for tall residential buildings since 2019, and several (including Sunnybrook Plaza) that are re-submissions …more

We’ve been here before. The community-supported proposal to name the lane between Bayview Avenue and Donegall Drive as Agnes Macphail Lane ran into opposition from City staff, but the drive is being revitalized, hopefully with …more

Fourplexes are not new to Leaside, but there are fourplexes, and there are fourplexes! Leaside’s beloved “Talbot quads” on Bayview between Parkhurst and Eglinton, are double duplexes (two by two). In 2023, City Council amended …more

The Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH) property at 175 Brentcliffe Rd., north of Glenvale, has been compared to the phoenix, the immortal bird of Greek legends that cyclically regenerates, or is otherwise born …more

“Leaside has a growing collection of empty sites waiting for development.” That was the introduction to my May 2024 article about the demolition of Sunnybrook Plaza, as well as reflecting on other demolitions on Laird …more

201 Sutherland Dr. is one of the two Lea family settler homes still gracing Leaside (the other is 35 Heather Rd.). The James Lea house, built around 1909 was listed for sale in early June. …more

The emerging residential tower community in Leaside East (from Laird to Brentcliffe on the south side of Eglinton) received another tall tower application recently. This one, for 39 storeys, is proposed for the northwest corner …more