What Do We Call Greektown Now?

**Chinman** · December-25-11, 10:58 AM

hi,

just a simple question, maybe silly, but what should we now call GREEKTOWN now that there is not much left that is all that GREEKY?

**jcole** · December-25-11, 11:07 AM

Greektown..

**313WX** · December-25-11, 11:22 AM

For the sake of tradition, Greektown.

**p1acebo** · December-25-11, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by 313WX

For the sake of tradition, Greektown.

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Haha come on now, there is no reason to change the name!

**stasu1213** · December-25-11, 12:26 PM

Trapper's Alley should had been moved to another empty building in Greektown instead of closing. That is what had made Greektown a destination place. Leave the Greektown name. I hope that an elected official don't sell out the rest of it to corporations.

**Homer** · December-25-11, 12:41 PM

Sell out? Great idea to add some dollars to the city coffers.
Little Ceasar's Town, or Karmonos Korners, Ford Village, AeroGenopolis.....

**Fiddler** · December-25-11, 12:45 PM

Nike town. Open 24 hour shoe stores so people don't have to wait in line all night for new shoes.

**eastland** · December-25-11, 12:48 PM

Ditto for Corktown and Bricktown and Rivertown.

**MidTownMs** · December-25-11, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by stasu1213

Trapper's Alley should had been moved to another empty building in Greektown instead of closing. That is what had made Greektown a destination place. Leave the Greektown name. I hope that an elected official don't sell out the rest of it to corporations.

Trappers Alley was a mistake. That's why it failed. It had very little to do with Greektown except for the location.

**Gistok** · December-25-11, 01:58 PM

Let's see the Casino is still called Greektown Casino, and the hotel/parking structure also still sport the Greektown names... and you still have the New Parthenon, Pegasus, Pizzapopulus, and some others.... why again did you want a name change??

**Hypestyles** · December-25-11, 02:14 PM

...will there ever be an africatown?

**DetroitZack** · December-25-11, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by Chinman

hi,

just a simple question, maybe silly

yep, silly indeed

**Meddle** · December-25-11, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by MidTownMs

Trappers Alley was a mistake. That's why it failed. It had very little to do with Greektown except for the location.

When TA first opened, you couldn't hardly walk through it for the crowds. There were so many people on Monroe Street, they'd block it off to cars for a few hours on some evenings. It was wall-to-wall. No trouble, everybody having a great time. People would spend entire evenings there shopping, eating, drinking. It was couples for the most part, but some families too, younger and older. People went there for parties for all kinds, from HS graduations to 50th anniversaries.

I don't remember all the stores in TA at first, but nearly every space was occupied. They'd even rent out floor space in the main halls for booths.

I don't really know when it started to decline.

**401don** · December-25-11, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Meddle

When TA first opened, you couldn't hardly walk through it for the crowds. There were so many people on Monroe Street, they'd block it off to cars for a few hours on some evenings. It was wall-to-wall. No trouble, everybody having a great time. People would spend entire evenings there shopping, eating, drinking. It was couples for the most part, but some families too, younger and older. People went there for parties for all kinds, from HS graduations to 50th anniversaries.

I don't remember all the stores in TA at first, but nearly every space was occupied. They'd even rent out floor space in the main halls for booths.

I don't really know when it started to decline.

Festival Marketplaces as they were known never lasted in most cities. They need to be in a tourist area such as Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Once the locals get bored with them their time is up.

**MidTownMs** · December-25-11, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by 401don

Festival Marketplaces as they were known never lasted in most cities. They need to be in a tourist area such as Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Once the locals get bored with them their time is up.

That's exactly what happened...the locals got bored and now no one can even name a store or restaurant that was there.

**One Shot** · December-25-11, 04:22 PM

I remember going to Trappers back in the day with all the stores and the wood beams in a couple. The escalators criss crossing the alley at dizzying heights. Always made me nervous as a kid. Maybe my kid memories are why it was always a cool place. Sad that the authentic Greek places are slowly leaving.

**DetroitPlanner** · December-25-11, 08:41 PM

SoPaVa = South of New Paradise Valley

or how about Harmonie Park?

**Hamtragedy** · December-25-11, 10:54 PM

GreekBlock.

**downtownguy** · December-25-11, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by MidTownMs

That's exactly what happened...the locals got bored and now no one can even name a store or restaurant that was there.

Harmonie House, that fudge place on the first floor where the kids put on a show while they made it, my all time favorite The Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant was at the east end above Pegasus before they moved to the classier Traugott Schmidt offices at the west end. There was also a book store and the 4th and 5th levels had a food court with a sushi joint and an Indian place.

**DetroitPlanner** · December-25-11, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by MidTownMs

Trappers Alley was a mistake. That's why it failed. It had very little to do with Greektown except for the location.

There are more failed Festival Marketplaces in Downtowns than successful ones. In a short radius alone there are closed ones in Downtown Flint, Toledo, Battle Creek, Sarnia......

**One Shot** · December-26-11, 08:54 AM

Speaking of places like this does anyone remember the place in Toledo on the river that was a food/small shop type mall? I remember that place as a kid also and it being a fun.

**stasu1213** · December-26-11, 09:03 AM

Trapper's Alley had closed it's doors or was removed only to make way for Greektown Casino. Trappers Alley didn't close for the locals were bored with it. Trappers Alley would had be succesful today with the developement of Campus Martius with it's concerts in the summer and ice skating in the winter.The events the Detroit had hosted in the past such as the Superbowl, Final Four, baseball's All Star game, The Winter Blast, and other events would had kept Trappers Alley alive and thriving. Most of those events weren't held when Trappers Alley was open. I disagree with the belief that the locals were bored with TA and it had closed as a result.

**MidTownMs** · December-26-11, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by stasu1213

Trapper's Alley had closed it's doors or was removed only to make way for Greektown Casino. Trappers Alley didn't close for the locals were bored with it. Trappers Alley would had be succesful today with the developement of Campus Martius with it's concerts in the summer and ice skating in the winter.The events the Detroit had hosted in the past such as the Superbowl, Final Four, baseball's All Star game, The Winter Blast, and other events would had kept Trappers Alley alive and thriving. Most of those events weren't held when Trappers Alley was open. I disagree with the belief that the locals were bored with TA and it had closed as a result.

Greektown Casino is a mistake too.

**coracle** · December-26-11, 10:01 AM

I think Greektown is still a great name for the area; but if we must re-christen it let's give it a name to remind us of the way things are being run for the Greeks, Detroit and America. Call it DefaultAlley. or probably more appropriately DebtorsAlley.