As the 1960s began, an important name change would take place at Taylor Township’s original (and largest) shopping mall. With the change from the non-discrepant “Green Center” moniker it had since opening in 1957, the new name, Taylortown, would show township pride more effectively.
The mall itself was a financial boom, and would hold onto its title as the township’s largest for several more years.
Having long outgrown their original location at Biddle & Chestnut streets in Wyandotte, a much larger, sleeker facility for the YMCA / YWCA opened to the public on September 28, 1960. It was located on Fort Street just north of Eureka Road.
The original Wyandotte site would later be replaced by one of the first riverfront high-rises: the Wyandotte River Tower.
- Taylor Historical Society (Green Center)
- Don Gutz (Wyandotte YMCA)