Quote Originally Posted by 401don View Post
With the closings of so many restaurants in Greektown [[Pizza Papalis, Monroe Steakhouse, New Parthenon, Five Guys, Wahlburgers) can anything be done to revive the Monroe strip? Dan Gilbert never made the effort to activate the street the way he promised or has done along Woodward. We all know that it hasn't been a "Greektown" for years and we know about the crime, changing demographics, casino, etc. There's not much point in rehashing the problems. I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions on what new types of restaurants, retail shops, infrastructure, etc. might help to rejuvenate the area. It's a place suburbanites and tourists still visit and has become much more of a negative than positive for downtown. Or maybe we just give up on it and focus on Woodward?
Greektown is popular with tourists. It works for them, even if local Detroiters aren't as fond of that area. You need it. There's a lot in a tight little space. You don't need much local knowledge to see and explore it. Woodward is stretched out, not condensed, but the ice arena has added a lot to that previous dead area at Park and Sproat Streets.

I never found Greektown dangerous or crime-y.