Artsakh, which is a contested republic between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
(Azerbaijan refers to the same region as 'Karabakh')
Posted on 10/15/2018 8:59:26 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
A sign for Artsakh Avenue — formerly a stretch of Maryland Avenue — was unveiled Tuesday, October 2, during a street naming ceremony hosted by the city of Glendale.
The event drew officials from near and far: All five Glendale City Council members were present, in addition to state Sen. Anthony Portantino and Robert Avetisyan, a US representative for Artsakh, which is a contested republic between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
In June, the City Council voted 4-0 to rename a two-block section of Maryland Avenue, between Wilson Avenue and Harvard Street, to Artsakh Avenue. During the decision-making process, Councilman Ara Najarian said it was overdue to have a street referencing the city’s large Armenian-American community.
Approval of the name change followed months of heated debate between stakeholders including business owners, Glendale residents and Unified Young Armenians, a group of activists who proposed the name change in February.
To address business owners’ concerns that the name change will adversely affect them, the city set aside $1,000 for each of the 131 businesses on the two-block portion of the street to help cover costs of reprinting materials with new addresses.
Businesses can apply for the money as a grant.
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Artsakh, which is a contested republic between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
(Azerbaijan refers to the same region as 'Karabakh')
Cool but if I lived on Maryland Ave and they told me it was now Artsakh Ave, I’d be like “Wait, what? How do you spell that? Aw man, every time I’m on the phone with customer service I’ll have to be all “A as in apple, R as in red, T as in Texas ...” because nobody will know how to spell that.”
Nice gesture. I believe that eventually, Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh will be recognized as truly Armenian territory.
California honored Armenians before honoring Armenians was cool:
On the legacy of George Deukmejian and what governance used to mean
How many millions did this cost taxpayers?
"Non-binary,Latinex Power-Bottom Parkway"
In five years you'll need gps coordinates to have a pizza delivered.
30%? Last I heard Glendale was more like 60% Armenian.
I know some have seen this movie at youtube. It is worth a watch and at the end, they do show some of the Armenians living in California. I would urge all to check it out.
Being actually FROM Glendale - and having driven on that street 100’s of times - I suspect people won’t care THAT much.
The street is ONLY 4 blocks long, and attached to one of the funniest street routings possible.
Look for it on Google maps!
On the North end of the street is this little island that encompasses a single house. It is like a traffic circle with a house in the middle of it. Some of the walls around the house are there to prevent cars from careening into the house. It is truly bazaar! The route has HIGH usage because it lets you move from Kenneth to Mountain the North end of Brand Blvd.
As for Armenian folks in Glendale - most came in the 70s escaping the Shah’s Iran. Met many in Junior college there - Great people!
Really? They were fleeing the Shah?
We met Iranians shortly have the Shah was deposed in our hometown.
That’s just interesting. I have no expertise in the matter.
Just saw this - Yep - had lots of friends that were Armenian in Junior College (Glendale Community College to drop names..) Had 4-5 friends from Tehran that were my age and found them to be extremely friendly. The general story was the Shah’s secret police were rather oppressive.
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