Gundun Girka na Girka a Detroit

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Girkaktown: Shawarwar Masu Tafiya

Tare da wani ɓangaren sashi na Monroe Street a cikin Detroit yana daya daga cikin mafi girma na birni, ƙauyuka masu yawa: Girka. Hanyoyin yawon shakatawa sun cika da zamanin Victorian, gine-gine-gine-gine-gine-gine-gine-gine-gine-gine da ke gina gidan cin abinci - Girka da kuma sauran - har da ɗakin shaguna, da bakeries da kuma wuraren shakatawa. Ga wasu tsararrun jariri waɗanda suka girma a cikin unguwannin bayan gari na Detroit, yankin yana ba da kyakkyawan ƙauyen tituna da ake tsammani a babban birnin Amirka. Har ila yau, ya zama babban wurin da za a yi tarbiyya a ranar Asabar, musamman ma yanzu cewa unguwa yana cikin gida ga Helenaktown Casino Hotel da kuma nesa da Comerica Park da Ford Field.

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Tarihin Gidan Helenawa

Kamar yadda ya fito, yankin da yanzu aka sani da Helenawa ba a koyaushe ya cika da Helenawa ba. Yayin da yankin Detroit ya koma shekarun 1830, asali na baƙi wanda ke zaune a unguwa sune Jamusanci. A gaskiya ma, an ce yankin ne da ake kira Little Berlin.

Helenawa sun zo

Ba har zuwa 1880s baƙi baƙi sun fara zuwa yankin Detroit daga kudancin kasar Girka. A gaskiya ma, da farko da aka ba da izini baƙi na Girka ba su zauna a Detroit har zuwa 1890. Da zarar Helenawa suka fara zuwa Detroit, duk da haka sun zauna a yankin Monroe dake tsakanin Beaubien da St. Antoine kuma suka bude bakuna, gidajen kota, da gidajen cin abinci, ciki har da Demetrios Antonopoulos 'Hellas Café a shekarar 1895. (An rufe ta New Hellas Café a 2008). Asalin asali, masu Girkanci baƙi sun zauna sama da shagunan su ko a Macomb Street na kusa.

By 1910, mafi yawan mutanen Jamus sun tashi, kuma yan unguwa ya fito fili ne na Helenanci. Wannan ya bayyana a wuraren shaguna da Macomb da Macomb Streets cike da maza da shekarun 20 zuwa 35 suna wasa da wasan kwaikwayon wasa da / ko shan ruwa. Hakanan 250 (ko haka) Helenawa a yankin sun hadu a wannan lokaci don gina Ikklesiyar Orthodox na Girka na Detroit.

A cikin 'yan shekarun da suka wuce, yankin ya ci gaba da zama sanannun cibiyar al'adun Helenanci a Detroit. Wannan gaskiya ne kamar yadda sababbin sababbin baƙi daga Poland, Italiya, da Labanon suka koma cikin yanki kuma Helenawa sun fara motsawa zuwa wasu yankunan gari don su rayu. Harkokin kasuwancin Girka sun kasance, duk da haka, suna barin yankin a kalla kasuwanci a cikin harshen Girka.

Tsayawa shi Girkanci

Gidan Helenawa ya rage zuwa kashi daya a cikin shekarar 1960 tare da ragowar Ikilisiyar Orthodox na Girkanci. Wannan ya sa abokan ciniki na Girkawa su shiga tare don tallafawa bikin Girka na farko a shekarar 1965, hanyar da ta taimaka wajen kara ganowa da kuma nuna makwabta a lokacin da yawancin birnin ya ragu.

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Trapper's Alley

A 1985, masu tsara Cordish Embry & Associates suka sake gina gine-ginen tarihi da yawa tare da titin Monroe na Girkawa a cikin gidan mota. Gidan gine-gine na Tsohuwar Traugott Schmidt, wanda ya yi amfani da su a matsayin magunguna a cikin rana. Shahararrun Faneuil Hall a Boston, masu haɓaka suka kirkiro kasuwa. Tashoshin biyar, tsarin brick-brick ya ƙunshi ƙananan matakai guda biyar cike da ɗakunan kantin sayar da kantin sayar da kayayyaki, shaguna, kantin kayan shaguna da kuma Fudgery . An kirkiro atrium da tagulla kuma an rufe shi da babban gilashin gilashi.

Tare da hasken wasan kwaikwayo da masu zane-zane, Ikilisiyar Greeketown na shekarun 1990 sun kasance game da yanayi, kuma yawancin baƙi - yana da shekaru 34, samun kudin shiga fiye da $ 40,000 a shekara - ya ragu. Wasu daga cikin kamfanoni tare da titin Monroe a wannan lokacin sun haɗa da Restaurant Pegasus, Hellas, Sabon Parthenon, Astoria Pastry, Ice Cream Ice cream, Sambin Bakery, Athens Bar, Golden Fleece, Athens Bakery, Laikon Café da kuma Olympia. Bayan haka, kamar yadda yake yanzu, St. Mary's Catholic Church ya kafa yankin.

Grektown Casino

Masu jefa kuri'ar Michigan sun ba da gudummawa don ci gaba da wasanni uku a birnin Detroit a shekara ta 1996. Daga cikin shaidun guda goma sha ɗaya (ciki har da kamfanonin guda bakwai da ke gudanar da wasanni a Las Vegas da New Jersey), Greekktown Casino, LLC ta fito ne a matsayin daya daga cikin 'yan wasa uku. Ko da yake duk da sanya hannuwan 'yan kasuwa na Girka, sai magajin gari ya sanar da shirinsa cewa dukkanin caca guda uku za su kasance a cikin kogin birnin. Bayan da yawa matsaloli da jinkirin, duk da haka, birnin ƙarshe ya yarda da tsarin gine-ginen da ke cikin birni, don haka ya sa hanyar Girkawa Casino ta kasance a Girka - a cikin tsohon kayan Trapper Alley na ainihi.

Kayan kwanan lokaci

Yayinda yake da rikice-rikice na siyasar, gari ya ba da izini ga samun dakunan kamfanoni masu zaman kansu har zuwa lokacin Super Bowl ta 2006. Birnin ya amince ya gyara fasalin ci gaba na asali kuma ya ba da izinin hawa uku don gina ƙananan ɗakin dakunan dakatarwa a ko kusa da wuraren da ke cikin gida.

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Kamfanin Casino na Dindindin

Grektown Casino ya bude ɗakin hotel na daki hudu a cikin Fabrairu na 2009 a wani wuri mai kusurwa daga gidan caca. Gine-gine biyu suna haɗuwa ta hanyar shimfidar sararin samaniya kuma suna daukar nauyin haɗin "Greektown."

> Sources:

> Bayanan: Detroit da Saukewar Tarihi ta Jerry Herron (1993)

> Gidajen Tarihi na Girka / Historic District / National Park Service

> Wannan shi ne Detroit, 1701-2001 da Arthur M. Woodford (2001)

> Babi na 5: Casinos da Sauran Sha'idodi na Ciniki / Michigan a Brief (2002-03)

> Tarihin wasan kwaikwayon a Michigan / Michigan Hukumar Kula da Gaming