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I analyzed 3,356 signs to see how language use is changing in three Latino neighborhoods in Philly

  • Written by Daniel Guarin, Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant in Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Temple University
I analyzed 3,356 signs to see how language use is changing in three Latino neighborhoods in PhillyA collage of signs collected by the author in various Philadelphia neighborhoods.Photos by Daniel Guarin/Photo illustration by Katrina Aman, CC BY-NC-ND

Signs written in Spanish are becoming less common along North Philadelphia’s Golden Block, or El Bloque de Oro – which runs along North Fifth Street from Lehigh Avenue to Allegheny...

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