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April 26, 2021 It was at the turn of the 20th Century that the first Greek immigrants arrived in metro Detroit and settled along Detroit’s Monroe Avenue, between Brush and St. Antoine streets. In 1912, the beginning of Greek persecution by the Ottoman Empire incited a period of peak immigration from Greece, which would last until 1917. Combined with Henry Ford’s 1914 offer of $5-per-day jobs, this caused rapid expansion of Detroit’s Greek settlement, which would one day become known as Greektown.  Now a vibrant dining and entertainment district, Greektown was once a residential area as well. Some of the new Greek Detroiters worked in the automobile or railroad industries, but many became merchants, often living above or near their places of business. The area was seen as a comprehensive community where one could work, reside, shop, and recreate. “Then known as ‘Little Greece,’ Monroe Street was home to 10 grocery stores, 14 restaurants, 12 coffee houses, two drugstore

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