- Little Armenia, Los Angeles, California
Little Armenia is a community that is part of the
Hollywood district ofLos Angeles, California . It falls within the area referred to asEast Hollywood . The area is served by the Metro Red Line at the Hollywood/Western station.Little Armenia is defined by the
Los Angeles City Council as "the area bounded on the north by Hollywood Blvd between the 101 Freeway and Vermont Ave, on the east byVermont Avenue fromHollywood Blvd to Santa Monica Blvd, on the south by Santa Monica Blvd between Vermont Ave and the 101 Freeway and on the west by the 101 Freeway from Santa Monica Blvd to Hollywood Blvd". (Adopted on6 October 2000 .) [ [http://www.littlearmenia.com/html/little_armenia/00-1958.asp Little Armenia Designation ] ] It also overlaps substantially withThai Town .History and Geography
Its name comes from the large number of
Armenian-American s that live in the area and also from the large number ofArmenia n stores and businesses that had already opened in the neighborhood by the early 1970s.St. Garabed
Armenian Apostolic Church is an Armenian church that is located inside Little Armenia. St. Garabed church is the place of prayer for the vast majority of Armenians living in Hollywood. It is located on Alexandria Avenue and it was built in 1978. The church is located front of theRose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School .Little Armenia's only public park is
Barnsdall Art Park , which includes theFrank Lloyd Wright designedHollyhock House and a city-run arts center built in 1919-1921. The park, located on small but scenic Olive Hill, was donated to the city of Los Angeles by oil heiress Aline Barnsdall.Many of the novels, short stories and poems of
Charles Bukowski , a native ofEast Hollywood , are set in the area.One of the major event that occurs in "Little Armenia" is every year on
April 24 ,Armenians gather in Hollywood to take part in a protest for the recognition ofArmenian Genocide .Today, in spite of some streets in the neighborhood showing signs of neglect, there are some streets that together form pockets of decently-kept middle class homes. Due to the high real estate prices in Los Angeles in general, much of Little Armenia and
East Hollywood still have home prices higher than in other parts of the city and much of Los Angeles County. [ [http://www.laalmanac.com/economy/ec37b.htm Median Home Prices - Los Angeles County Cities ] ]Gallery
ee also
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Armenian-American
*List of Armenian-Americans
*Armenian Diaspora
*Armenian Assembly of America
*Armenian American Political Action Committee
*Armenian National Committee of America
*Armenian Youth Federation External links
* [http://www.littlearmenia.com LittleArmenia.com: Community-based website.]
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