[murmur] Cara V.

For the [murmur] project I choose a couple in the Richmond and Spadina area, in my neighborhood.

Queen St. Allies "Grafitti Alley"
- organized grafitti wall
- enterence between TD Bank and Starbucks Buildings on the corner of Richmond and Spadina.
- art by Elixir - grafitti artist/illustrator co-lab
- as part of "Styles and Progress" grafitti festival

Starbucks Thimble - Northwest Corner of Richmond and Spadina
- historical community market and fashion district
- neighborhood used to be all fashion/clothing warehouses
- have since moved offshore/international
- concrete/bronze tower of thimble and buttons

Fashion Building - 130 Spadina "Aklers Furs"
- story tellers worked in fur shop as young man
- dirty work, dirt and fur flying everywhere
- worked for 3-4 months a year, as was seasonal work
- job was to wet skins, mostly silver fox, learned to block furs.