Persian Square
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Marker Inscription
Persian square site of the beginning of the persian business in los angeles beginning in 1974
Erected by City of Los Angeles
The Story
This marker recognizes the West Los Angeles district known as Persian Square, where Iranian-owned businesses began clustering in 1974. In the years around Iran's 1979 revolution, tens of thousands of Iranian immigrants settled in Los Angeles, and this stretch of Westwood became the commercial and cultural heart of the community sometimes called "Tehrangeles." The designation honors the shops, restaurants, and services that anchored a new immigrant enclave.
Why it matters
It marks the founding ground of one of the largest Iranian communities outside Iran, a vivid chapter in the story of late-20th-century immigration reshaping American cities.
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