Editing Glendale, California (section)

====Demographic changes and urbanization====
The emergence of increasingly visible ethnic groups — including [[Armenians]], [[Cubans]], [[Filipinos]] and [[Koreans]] — changed the official discourse in Glendale. In 1972, C.E. Perkins, then [[city manager]], encouraged the [[Rotary International|Rotary Club of Glendale]] to prepare itself as the city could no longer remain isolated in an increasingly diverse America.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arroyo |first=Juliet |title=Glendale, 1940–2000: Images of America |date=2006 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=0738531073}}</ref> Through the 1970s, concurrent with increasing immigration into Glendale, was the city's rapid [[urbanization]].<ref name="Edwin Lopez">{{Cite news |url=https://elvaq.com/campus/2008/06/05/glendale/|work=[[El Vaquero]]|title=Glendale|author=Edwin Lopez|date=June 4, 2008|access-date=January 15, 2025}}</ref> During this era, the [[Glendale Freeway]] and the [[Ventura Freeway]] were constructed. The [[Glendale Galleria]] shopping mall opened in 1976, and was further expanded in 1982.<ref name="LAtimes1">{{cite web|title=Glendale Galleria owners launch major makeover of mall - latimes|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/la-xpm-2012-apr-30-la-fi-property-report-20120430-story.html|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>

In the 1980s, many [[Single-family detached home|single-family homes]] in south Glendale were demolished for [[apartment]] and [[condominium]] construction. This construction boom resulted in Glendale's population growing at a rate 60% higher than that of the county at large, turning the city into a denser, younger and more cosmopolitan urban center.<ref name="Rodriguez">{{Cite news |last=Rodriguez |first=Gregory |date=June 16, 1996 |title=Glendale's 'Racist Shadow' Shrinks as City Transforms Itself |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-16-op-15622-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108213253/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-16/opinion/op-15622_1_city-officials |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=January 21, 2025|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In 1983, [[Larry Zarian]] was elected as the city's first Armenian [[city council]] member, and in 1986, he became the city's first Armenian [[mayor]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/city-hall/mayors-gallery |title=Mayors' Gallery |website=glendaleca.gov |access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref> In 1984, the city revived municipal bus service with the [[Glendale Beeline]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-30-gl-8607-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=Beeline Bus Routes to Be Extended by 2 Miles|date=October 30, 1986|access-date=February 25, 2025}}</ref>

By 1990, Glendale was, proportionately, more immigrant than either the [[Los Angeles|city]] or [[county of Los Angeles]], with 45% of its residents being foreign-born.<ref name="Rodriguez"/>  By the mid-1990s, Glendale's [[Anglo-Americans|Anglo-American]] population had been surpassed by Armenians and [[Latino (demonym)|Latinos]].<ref name="Edwin Lopez"/> Some Anglo-American residents, largely fueled by [[anti-Armenian sentiment]], decried the increased density in South Glendale.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rodriguez |first=Gregory |date=June 16, 1996 |title=Glendale's 'Racist Shadow' Shrinks as City Transforms Itself |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-16-op-15622-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108213253/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-16/opinion/op-15622_1_city-officials |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=January 15, 2025|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>