Talk:Greektown, Vancouver

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Does Greektown, Vancouver really exist?

As a Vancouverite of Greek decent, Greektown does exist. Amongst the Greek community, it is known as Ουέστ Μπροντουέι (literally "West Broadway"). When those of non-Greek decent talk about it in Vancouver's west side, it's called "Greek West Broadway". --CB

I have lived in Vancouver most of my adult life including some time in Kitsilano. I have never heard the term "Greektown". I know there are a few areas where there are concentrations of Greek businesses, but I have never heard it referred to as Greektown. Have other heard this term, or was this just an excuse to put a comment about Vancouver's liquor laws. From Google it seems that most of the references to Greektown in Vancouver are from Wikipedia and the many who copy Wikipedia content.

Should this article be put up for VfD? -- Webgeer 05:53, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I, too, have lived in Kits and Downtown for many years and I think I may have lived in what's being called "Greektown" here, for several years, on West Broadway (between MacDonald and Alma). Yet I've never heard it refered to as Greektown by either insiders or outsiders. For what it's worth, if you search the Vancouver City web site for Greektown, you get zero hits. If you do a similar search for things like Yaletown, Chinatown, Japantown, Little Mountain, etc. you get hits. But nothing for Greektown. --Ds13 07:58, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Never heard of it, and I lived in Kits. I've heard it informally called Yuppietown, but never Greektown. In any case, I'm removing User:209.90.164.34's implicit slur about being Greek and doing nothing but drinking. — Saxifrage | ☎ 01:01, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)

I visited the Kitsilano branch of the Vancouver public library and spoke to a librarian who told me that, yes, Greektown really does exist. Or at least, it used to. I read articles from B.C. Motorist magazine, "A Guide to Ethnic Vancouver" by Anne Petrie, and "The Vancouver Book" describing Greektown. In addition, the Library has locally-created Greek books and newspapers showing the community in its own words, and census data showing the concentration of Greek culture in the neighborhood.

However, census data also shows a dramatic decline of Greek influence during the 1980s. I have rewritten the article to describe the growth and decline of Greektown in Vancouver. -- Corvus 23:00, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Nice job! I'm glad that I didn't put it to a VfD, now. — Saxifrage | ☎ 16:49, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

For what it's worth, having gone to school in Kitsilano and knowing many, many Vancouver Greek families, it seems that the rising property prices were a deciding factor in many people moving out of the neighborhood, as it was difficult to bring extended family to Canada and expect to buy a bigger property in Kitsilano, especially with the limited income a new immigrant can generate initially. Many Greek families moved to South and East Van and got bigger homes with the sale of their Kits homes, or sublet their homes in Kits (to the "yuppies" that would give Kits its occassional nickname) and did the same. --Clapaucius 20:48, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I for one have lived in Kits for years and this is the first I've heard of "Greektown," although the obvious large amount of Greeks in the area is apparent. 24.87.52.57 08:45, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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