A Toronto Star story tells of a development dispute on Keewatin Ave. near Mt. Pleasant north of Eglinton Ave. E. The four-storey proposal at 200-214 Keewatin will replace eight properties. The residents have called themselves the Density Creep Neighborhood Alliance. This project sounds more like the old “block-busting” trick of previous years where residential areas were transformed into multiple units. Keewatin was a neighborhood frontier. One side has high rises the other has homes. Now the frenzy is on again and so is the City’s toxic conflict-of-interest between neighborhoods and tax revenue. As everyone in South Bayview knows the development craze is being fueled by the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. More and better transit is a mixed blessing. Mid-towners battle the rise of the midrise
