Armenian village

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)