  French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 191 Registered: 10-2006 |
Why isn't their like a FRENCH TOWN or something and who founded Greek town | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 897 Registered: 07-2005 |
I thought it was German Town originally. | ||
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies Post Number: 2685 Registered: 10-2003 |
There is a Frenchtown. Frenchtown township in the middle of Monroe county. Just about 30 miles south of Detroit. There's even a shopping mall there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F renchtown_Square_Mall | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 4812 Registered: 08-2004 |
Yes Greektown, and much of the lower east side was originally built by Germans in the 1850's-early 20th Century. Both St. Mary's in Greektown and St. Joseph's on Gratiot at Orleans were built by German congregations. And there were many different German clubs (choral societies, etc.) that were founded around the same time. The Harmonie Club (2nd oldest club in Michigan, after the Detroit Boat Club) was founded in 1849, and built the Harmonie Club in 1894. More Americans claim German heritage than any other nationality, and the midwestern cities of Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati and especially Milwaukee had heavy concentrations of ethnic Germans. | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 3407 Registered: 10-2004 |
Milwaukee's Germans were as likely to be Austrians or Bohemians than Germans from Germany. | ||
Chow Member Username: Chow Post Number: 386 Registered: 10-2003 |
there they're their... its not too difficult. while the french founded this town, they represent an earlier history which has been built over by others. i do think detroit should embrace its french heritage more than it does currently. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 702 Registered: 10-2003 |
there they're their... its not too difficult. Neither are caps. | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 3127 Registered: 10-2003 |
Greektown ~100 years ago was an entry neighborhood for new Detroiters that had darker skin than immigrants from western and central Europe. Ethnic Greeks, Armenian diaspora and "Syrians" flooded the neighborhood. American Blacks from the Mississippi Delta also found rental housing in the neighborhood. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1505 Registered: 12-2005 |
One Greek started a restaurant there, making the foods from home. It was successful because the food was good, it was priced right and the place was spotlessly clean. Another Greek saw his success and located near the first restaurant and was successful (rinse, lather, repeat) | ||
Winstin_o_boogie_iii Member Username: Winstin_o_boogie_iii Post Number: 67 Registered: 02-2007 |
Several Greeks actually backed into a deal that evolved into Greektown after the Germans found their properties in arrears. | ||
Chow Member Username: Chow Post Number: 387 Registered: 10-2003 |
ed, i type without caps because i like the aesthetics of the lower-case letter. if you've got a problem with that then shoot me. | ||
Sturge Member Username: Sturge Post Number: 40 Registered: 05-2007 |
It sure beats all caps. | ||
Kslice Member Username: Kslice Post Number: 101 Registered: 04-2007 |
Go Irish, go Corktown!!! | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 5785 Registered: 10-2003 |
Wasn't there a HUGE thread about this not too long ago? | ||
Ltdave Member Username: Ltdave Post Number: 77 Registered: 09-2006 |
not to belabor the grammatical aspect of a few of these posts, but if all lower case was good enough for e e cummings, then its good enough for me... david | ||
Helpwanted Member Username: Helpwanted Post Number: 15 Registered: 02-2007 |
i always type this way on message boards. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 6209 Registered: 02-2004 |
While Downtown Detroit having trouble keeping up with their stores. Greektown survives, even though is being confined into one whole block of Monroe St. I would like to see Greektown spread out to other Downtown Detroit city blocks providing more Greek owned shops and entertainment venues. | ||
Esp Member Username: Esp Post Number: 93 Registered: 09-2005 |
SEARCH this SITE "Before Greektown there was Germantown" ... excellent thread. | ||
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg Post Number: 1013 Registered: 12-2005 |
Before Greektown there was Germantown | ||
Larry Member Username: Larry Post Number: 202 Registered: 08-2004 |
Weren't their also alot of Greeks in the Palmer Park area at one time. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 4836 Registered: 08-2004 |
In a figurative sense.... yes!  | ||
Larry Member Username: Larry Post Number: 203 Registered: 08-2004 |
No honestly, there was a Greek Orthodox Church on Renfrew not that long ago. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5462 Registered: 11-2003 |
jjaba can't find any caps in his california job case at cass tech. printshop. so sorry. greektown has always been a phoney. jjaba remembers when they'd block off monroe st. on devil's night so the homosexuals could cross dress and walk from bar to bar. all the teenie boppers would man the barracades hoping for a glimpse. jjaba recently saw that same thing waiting for geishas to go between appointments in kyoto. throngs of adoring fans waiting outside for them. remember, in the 1890s, america was worried about so many germans here, 25% of population then. same kinds of worries with spanish speakers being at about 12% today. plenty of xenophobia still alive today. jjaba, traveler. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 1656 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jjaba, watch your mailbox. You won. |
