Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 785 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 7:40 pm: | |
Last month, I noticed that the jewelry shop on Monroe near St. Antoine was vacant. And now it's gone. That was fast. |
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner
Post Number: 1175 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 8:16 pm: | |
I'm sure greektown casino will replace it with something pronto |
Spiritofdetroit Member Username: Spiritofdetroit
Post Number: 382 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 8:18 pm: | |
The jeweler moved into the casino... |
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13
Post Number: 1515 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 8:19 pm: | |
Greektown is certainly not that Greek anymore. |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 5339 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 8:21 pm: | |
Greektown hasn't be "that Greek" for decades, now. That's nothing new. I'm sure the Germans in the neighborhood felt the same way when their neighborhood changed. |
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13
Post Number: 1517 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 8:30 pm: | |
What I meant was that it's a tourist trap. It's NOT a neighborhood. There are only restaurants along one street (that all serve the same food, really) and one mediocre gift shop... there is nothing that speaks to the Greek-American immigrant experience. Nothing like Astoria, Queens, NYC; Greektown in Chicago (which keeps getting bigger and better); or Tarpon Springs, Florida. |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 5340 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 8:43 pm: | |
Very true, but the fact that it survived, at all, is nothing short of amazing. |
Erikd Member Username: Erikd
Post Number: 840 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 9:19 pm: | |
That building and the surrounding parking lots were purchased by the casino for the upcoming expansion. There will be new storefront retail space where the jewelry store and parking lots were. |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1295 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 9:30 pm: | |
greektown is my neighborhood |
Downtown_remix Member Username: Downtown_remix
Post Number: 136 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 10:04 pm: | |
Greektown has survived an will soon expand eastward. never dreamed it would happn.. even though its not as greek as yesterlife,im glad its becomeing a tourist destination, not just a pit stop, or a quick stroll |
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man
Post Number: 403 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 10:30 pm: | |
I posted this last week on another thread...thought it was appropriate again.
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Downtown_remix Member Username: Downtown_remix
Post Number: 137 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 9:40 am: | |
i can amagine them building the additional casino space in an old style design, or ultra modern style to reflect the style of the new glass hulk of a hotel. street front retail will front monroe with hopefully tourist drivin themes shops that use to fill trappers alley. |
Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man
Post Number: 989 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 9:56 am: | |
The jeweler is NOT moving into the casino. That was originally planned, but they dropped out. I believe there are some elevations of the "gap" building on the Rosetti website. |
Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man
Post Number: 990 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 9:59 am: | |
Fury, I think you are discounting Greektown heavily.....Virtually every owner on BOTH sides of Monroe St and for a few blocks from that are Greek Immigrants themselves.....The restaraunt selections have gotten much better in recent years, with the addition of Mosaic, Sweet Georgia Brown, and Pappys. I can only say that the changes in Greektown planned for the next few years will astound most people on this site. |
Wilus1mj Member Username: Wilus1mj
Post Number: 189 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 10:15 am: | |
Any plans for Condo/Loft development in the Greektown Area...or plans to move/sell the courthouse/jail. Seems like prime sites that the city could sell. |
Royce Member Username: Royce
Post Number: 2178 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 2:36 pm: | |
What would be great in that area is if they developed the block immediately north of Monroe Street, Macomb. The Wayne County Sheriff's office and its huge parking lot take up that space now. It would be nice to have a continuation of the streetscape found on Monroe Street with newly built two-story store fronts and perhaps even have lofts/condos above the stores or a live/work condo development. Instead of having Greek-themed restaurants and shops on this block, it could be a block with a United Nations-theme, meaning restaurants and shops featuring food and items from all over the world. (Message edited by royce on April 14, 2007) |
Royce Member Username: Royce
Post Number: 2184 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 3:40 pm: | |
Addendum: Didn't know that this building was going to be torn down. If the school was demolished or moved, then there would have been plenty of room to put the hotel on that location. The hotel could easily connect to the casino. I still loathe the idea of cutting a walkway into the school building. If that's how this historic building is going to be treated, then I honestly would prefer it be torn down. Aesthetically it is going to look tacky. Period. (Message edited by royce on April 15, 2007) |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 4127 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 4:27 pm: | |
I believe that the walkway will not be going inside the historic St. Mary's School. It will bypass that building and connect with the casino in that currently empty spot where the jewelers used to be. I believe Gambling_man stated this on another thread. |
Royce Member Username: Royce
Post Number: 2187 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 4:36 pm: | |
Then, Gistok, that will work. |