As a group; Lily, Marissa, Amy, Sasha and I (Brett) decided to start our hunt for Murmurs on Kensington Street. We heard many interesting stories about the history of the market and Chinatown but it was one of the first that interested us the most.It was a story told by Stewart Scriver, owner of "Courage My Love" - a vintage store located at 14 Kensington Street. He described how (it is unclear when) his daughter had fallen asleep one night in front of the television. A girl and boy had woken her to ask if she would play the "Hoky Poky" (forgive my spelling), so she did and out of exhaustion, fell back asleep. She woke up again in the morning and shrugged it off as a dream. Later, it was discovered that these two children had once occupied the house.
This story is a great definition of how the history of this community - this city - stays with us and forms the character of Toronto. Walking down any street, there is evidence that something had happened there before, and before that. Many of us moved to Toronto to go to school here, and despite only being here a year, I myself could tell stories of many places I've visited and seen. However, Toronto is growing and growing. There are many modern luxury condominiums going up all around the city. I just hope they don't over grow the character that many of our communities have to offer.
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