Kensington Market: Heart of the City” tells the story of the many generations of immigrants who have made Kensington h | dG1fQmhIT0ptWlFSYmc
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00:00The Soul and Spirit of Kensington is an ongoing collision of cultures and notions that somehow
00:16magically works.
00:18It's like Canada.
00:21It's been open to everybody, that you can be from any country in the world, you can
00:26be as wacky or crazy as you want to be, and you've got an open past to be here.
00:32I think what's fascinating about Kensington is that it's actually survived.
00:38It's the last remnant of the old Toronto.
00:42I sometimes wonder whether there will be any space left in Kensington for poor people in
00:48the years ahead.
00:50I really don't know how long this is going to continue.
00:53It will be difficult, because all over Toronto, property prices, real estate, it's going mad.
01:00St. Andrew, the poultry is up for sale, the parking lot, for $9 million.
01:06How do you get $9 million back, and what does that mean for the neighbourhood?
01:12I know what happens to neighbourhoods where the real estate leaves fallow and allows the
01:21artists to move into, that eventually they're going to come and claim back their land, and
01:26they're going to do that, and I do see that as happening.
01:30It's a very interesting time to be living, it's just, we should really appreciate craftsmanship
01:36and not tear down these beautiful buildings, because it's like ripping someone's tombstone
01:40out, if you think about it.
01:43And right now we're on the penthouse.
01:45So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?
01:47So there's no better view, you're in it.
01:51So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?
01:52So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?
01:53So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?
01:54So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?
01:55So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?
01:56So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?
01:57So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?
01:58So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?
01:59So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?
02:00So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?
02:01So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?
02:02So there's no better view in Kensington, I would say, right?