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History of Greektown
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History of Greektown
Housing & Renovation
- Martin O''Malley launched a massive renovation of Greektown that included:
- additional playgrounds and alley cleanings
- 600 condos in 4 12-story buildings, 250 apartments, and 179 town homes
- renovation was stalled in 2008, but plan is almost completed
- Athena Square development is almost fully sold - 121 homes
- Vacancy rate declined
- Next up and coming neighborhood
Synclaire Cruel
Population Con't..
Crime & Safety
- Greek Mafia ran a cocaine ring during the 80's between Baltimore, Philadelphia, and D.C. , leader surrendered in 1989
- Currently, very safe neighborhood - implemented safety programs in 2003
- off duty cops patrol the area at night
- As of 2000, there are 16, 764 members of the community
- Population is aging and declining, many are moving out of the neighborhood
- Latino population is increasing, most live on the west end, while many Greek-Americans live on the east end
- As of 2010, the area is 50.9% white, 22% hispanic, 17.8% African American, 6.3% Asian
20th Century
19th Century
20th Century: Population
- 9 boys were the first Greeks to arrive in Baltimore as refugees of the Chios Massacre - the slaughtering of thousands of Greeks by the Ottomans during the Greek War of Independence
- Greek immigrants started settling in large numbers in the 1890's
- Peak migration began, lasting from the 1930s'-1950's
- 1940 - 1,200 Greek Americans living in Baltimore
- Most Greek Jews immigrated in the 1950's from Athens and Thessaloniki
- Immigration and Nationality of 1965 - allowed for the immigration of thousands of Greeks, population increase lasted unitl the 1980's
- Greek immigrants established the Greek Orthodox Church in 1906 & the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation in 1909
- A small community had been established by the 1920's & the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox church was built to serve the community
- Gained political representation in 1959 with the election of Peter Angelos to the Baltimore City Council
- originally called 'The Hill"
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