Photos of the Aivazian family sit atop the replica of Tony Aivazian’s childhood home. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
An overhead view of the replica of Tony Aivazian’s childhood home. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Tony Aivazian built the replica of his village from memory. Here, he points to the grocery store his family owned in Hajiabad, Iran. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Tony Aivazian’s family lived in the buildings numbered 50, 51, 52 and 53, near the top right of the replica. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A replica of a wheat harvest cart made by Tony Aivazian. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Tony Aivazian points to a photo of himself as a boy. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Tony Aivazian poses for a portrait in his Redondo Beach home with the replica he built of Hajiabad, one of a cluster of Armenian enclaves in Iran dating back hundreds of years. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
An image of Hajiabad, one of a cluster of Armenian enclaves in Iran. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
