A new Michigan Historical Marker to be unveiled along Seven Mile Road will formally recognize the area as Chaldean Town, honoring the neighborhood that served as the cultural and economic heart of Detroit’s Chaldean community for much of the 20th century. Beginning in the early 1900s, Chaldean immigrants—primarily from the village of Telkaif in northern Iraq—settled on Detroit’s east side, drawn by opportunity and sustained by close family networks. They brought with them the Chaldean language, a form of modern Aramaic, and the traditions of the Eastern Rite Roman Catholic Church, laying the foundation for a tightly knit community that would shape the area for generations.
At its height in the 1970s and 1980s, Chaldean Town stretched from State Fair Avenue to Six…..