Opa Opa! Greek culture is alive in Motown

Time has not been kind to Detroit, MIchigan. Especially hard hit have been the city's ethnic enclaves. The impact of urban decay and white flight is that ethnic communities abandoned their former neighborhoods in the city, moving to the blandness of suburbia.

This said, it's nice to see Greater Detroit's Greek-American returning to the city to celebrate.
Thousands turned out Sunday for the 12th Annual Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade down Monroe Street. Participants dressed in traditional military garb and traditional Greek costumes.

This weekend also marked the grand opening of the Hellenic History Museum of Michigan, located in a red brick mansion across from the Detroit Institute of the Arts in the Midtown section.There's a bittersweet irony to this: Greek history is making a comeback in Detroit at the same time the city considers to sell off its art collection due to bankruptcy.