Armenian American Historic Context Statement

At a glance

What: a two-year city project, the Los Angeles Armenian American Historic Context Statement, a framework for identifying and preserving places that matter to the Armenian American community, from legacy businesses and schools to arts groups, churches and sites tied to film, television and music.
Where it stands: presented to the City Council on 2026-10-14 during an Armenian Heritage Month item led by Nazarian. Ken Bernstein of the Department of City Planning called it the first citywide historic context statement on Armenian American heritage prepared for a U.S. city.
Next: a community workshop on Sunday, October 25, 2 to 4 p.m., held with Soto-Martinez's office; an online survey is open for residents to add places and stories.

Supported by Nazarian's office and begun under the previous District 2 councilmember; carried out by City Planning with the USC Institute of Armenian Studies and a consultant.
It sits alongside other City Planning heritage work mentioned at the meeting: a Latino heritage street-marker program and an African American historic context effort with the Getty Conservation Institute.

About 35 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-10-14 - City Council	35

2026-10-14 - City Council - Nazarian's Armenian Heritage Month item; Bernstein described the project, the survey and the October 25 workshop.