RIP Greektown: Laikon Closing

[Gianni]

What has happenned to Greektown is a good example of why historic designation is needed. I don't think Greektown ever had it. If it were ever proposed my guess is that it was shot down by the propery owners who didn't want any interference with their "property rights."

One instance of historic preservation of sorts there is the building directly across the street from St. Mary's, which used to be the Catholic School for the church [[Coleman Young went to school there.) The casino owns it and buit the overhead walkway from the parking structure to go into that building. But they did not tear it down. I don't think that was because of any historic building code requirements, just that they wanted to keep the old building.

[Eric_c]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.