Greektown Neighbourhood ku Detroit

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Greektown: Chiwonetsero Chokongola

Pogwiritsa ntchito gawo limodzi la Msewu wa Monroe mumzinda wa Detroit ndilo limodzi lakale kwambiri, mumzinda wa Greektown. Kukopa alendo kumadzaza ndi nyengo ya Atsutso, nyumba zomangidwa ndi njerwa zofiira zomwe zimapanga zakudya zosakaniza - Greek ndi zina - komanso masitolo ambiri, mabotolo ndi mabalalasi. Kwa mbadwo wambiri wa ana omwe amakulira mumzinda wa Detroit, derali limapereka malo okongola mumsewu wamtunda mumzinda waukulu wa America. Zimapanganso malo abwino kwambiri kuti azikhala pa Loweruka usiku, makamaka tsopano kuti m'derali kuli kwathu ku Greektown Casino Hotel komanso pafupi ndi Comerica Park ndi Ford Field.

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Mbiri ya Greektown Neighborhood

Pamene zikuchitika, malo omwe masiku ano amadziwika kuti Greektown sanali odzazidwa ndi Agiriki. Ngakhale kuti dera la Detroit linayamba kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1830, anthu oyambirira omwe ankakhala m'dera lawo anali German. Ndipotu, deralo poyamba linkatchedwa Little Berlin.

Agiriki Afika

M'zaka za m'ma 1880 anthu achigiriki othawa kwawo anayamba kufika ku dera la Detroit kuchokera kumwera kwa Greece. Ndipotu, oyamba olemba Chigriki omwe sankafika kwawo sanakhazikika ku Detroit mpaka 1890. Agiriki atangoyamba kubwera ku Detroit, adakhazikika m'deralo mumsewu wa Monroe pakati pa Beaubien ndi St. Antoine ndipo adatsegula mikate, malo ophikira, kuphatikizapo Demetrios Antonopoulos 'Hellas Café mu 1895. ( New Hellas Café potsekedwa kutsekedwa mu 2008). Poyamba, anthu achigiriki omwe ankasamukira kunja ankakhala pamwamba pa mabitolo kapena ku Macomb Street.

Pofika m'chaka cha 1910, ambiri mwa anthu a ku Germany adachoka, ndipo chigawochi chinali chi Greek. Izi zinkaonekera m'masitolo ogulitsa khofi ku Macomb ndi Macomb Misewu yodzaza ndi amuna a zaka 20 mpaka 35 akusewera masewera monga backgammon ndi / kapena kusuta mabomba. Agiriki okwana 250 (m'derali) adasonkhana pamodzi panthawiyi kuti amange mpingo woyamba wa Greek Orthodox wa Detroit.

Kwa zaka makumi angapo zotsatira, derali linapitiriza kudziwika ngati malo achikhalidwe achigiriki ku Detroit. Izi zinali zowona ngakhale kuti anthu atsopano ochokera ku Poland, Italy, ndi Lebanon adasamukira kudera lawo ndipo Agiriki anayamba kusamukira kumadera ena a mzindawo kuti akakhalemo. Makampani achigiriki anatsala, komabe, akuchoka m'dera lachi Greek.

Kusunga icho Chigriki

Mudzi wa Greektown unasanduka umodzi umodzi mu 1960 ndi kudula kwa mpingo wa Greek Orthodox. Izi zinachititsa kuti amalonda a Greektown adzigwirizanitse pothandizira chikondwerero choyamba cha Greek mu 1965, kusuntha komwe kunathandiza kuti adziwitse ndi kuyatsa malowa pamene nthawi yambiri ya mzindawu inachepetsedwa.

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Alley's Trapper

Mu 1985, opanga Cordish Embry & Associates anasintha nyumba zambiri zapamwamba pamsewu wa Monroe ku Greektown kupita kumsika wamkati. Nyumbayi inali yoyamba ndi Traugott Schmidt wakale, amene anaigwiritsa ntchito ngati malo opangira ubweya kumbuyo. Wouziridwa ndi Faneuil Hall ku Boston, omwe akukonzekerawo adakhazikitsa msika wamsika. Chipinda cha nsanjika zisanu, chowonekera pa njerwa chinali ndi magulu asanu otseguka odzaza ndi masitolo ogulitsa, malonda, masitolo okhumudwitsa ndi The Fudgery . Atrium anali wovomerezeka ndi mkuwa ndipo ankaphimbidwa ndi denga lalikulu la galasi.

Ndi magalasi am'nyumba ndi ojambula mumsewu, Greektown m'zaka za m'ma 1990 zinali zokhudzana ndi mlengalenga, ndipo mlendo wamba - zaka 34, ndalama zoposa $ 40,000 pachaka - anaziyika. Mabizinesi ena omwe anali pamtunda wa Monroe panthawiyi anaphatikizapo Pegasus Restaurant, The Hellas, New Parthenon, Astoria Pastry, Aegean Ice Cream, Simeon Bakery, Athens Bar, Mapiko a Golden, Athens Bakery, Laikon Café ndi Olympia. Kenaka, monga momwe ziliri tsopano, tchalitchi cha St. Mary cha Katolika chinakhazikika m'deralo.

Greektown Casino

Otsatira a Michigan adapereka makina atatu kumzinda wa Detroit m'chaka cha 1996. Pa khumi ndi anayi (kuphatikizapo makampani asanu ndi awiri omwe amagwiritsa ntchito makasitomala ku Las Vegas ndi New Jersey), Greektown Casino, LLC inakhala ngati mmodzi wa atatu omaliza. Ngakhale kuti a Greektown amalonda ankagwira nawo ntchito, komabe a meya adalengeza kuti akukonzekera kuti makasitoma onse atatu adziphatikizidwa kumtsinje wa mzindawo. Pambuyo pa zovuta zingapo ndi kuchedwa, komaliza mzindawu unagwirizana ndi nyumba zazing'ono zomwe zili mumzinda wonsewo, motero njira yoyenera kuti Greektown Casino ikakhale ku Greektown - ku malo omwe kale anali a Trapper's Alley kuti akhale enieni.

Kusakhalitsa Casino

Ngakhale kuti mpikisano wambiri wandale unatsatira, mzindawu unatha kusiya lingaliro la mtsinje chifukwa chofuna kupeza malo ogona a casino omwe amatha mu 2006 Super Bowl. Mzinda unavomereza kusintha malonjezano oyambirirawo ndikulola ma casino atatu kumanga nyumba zochepetsetsa, zosalekeza kumalo awo kapena pafupi ndi malo awo osakhalitsa.

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Casino yosatha Hotel

Greektown Casino inatsegula hotelo yake ya chipinda cham'chipinda cha 400 mu February wa 2009 ku malo enaake a ngodya kuchokera ku casino. Nyumba ziwirizi zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi mlengalenga ndipo zimatenga chikhomo cha "Greektown."

> Zotsatira:

> Afterculture: Detroit ndi Humiliation History ya Jerry Herron (1993)

> Greektown Historic District / National Park Service

> Detroit, 1701-2001 ndi Arthur M. Woodford (2001)

> Mutu 5: Kasinasi ndi Zina Zomanga Zokakamiza / Michigan Mwachidule (2002-03)

> Mbiri ya Masewera ku Michigan / Michigan Gaming Control Board