U.S. Hispanic Landscapes Elements

U.S. Hispanic Landscapes

In general, the Hispanic cultural landscape consist of two basic elements:
1) Fixed elements, such as houses, churches, and public buildings.
2) Semi-fixed elements, such as gardens, furniture, curtains, mailboxes, signs, colors.
The cultural landscape elements from two Hispanic areas, the Southwest and Midwest, and two different Hispanic groups, Mexican-Americans and Puerto Rican-Americans, are compared below. Also visit the Hispanic area in St. Paul, MN, and in Kansas City, MO.

1) San Antonio, TX
Compare where All Hispanics live in San Antonio, TX.
Elements of Mexican American Housescapes in San Antonio, TX
-- based on the research of Daniel Arreola
Yard enclosures: chain-link fencing in front yards: 68% Hispanics
Brilliant house paint colors: 47% Hispanics
Occasional religious yard shrines: < 1% Hispanics

2) Lorain, OH Examine the maps of All Hispanics, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans in Lorain, Ohio.

Elements of Puerto Rican Yard-Complex in Lorain, OH
-- based on the research by Robert Kent and Augusto Gandia-Ojeda
Puerto Ricans have lived for 50 years in Lorain, since 1942.
They represent 20 percent of the city's population (70,000).
Their neighborhood consists of single family houses originally built as company housing
All findings reported were statistically significant (.00 at least)
house colors: pastel colors -- 22% Hispanics; 12% Non-Hispanics
white color --19% Hispanics; 39% Non-Hispanics
yard maintenance was measured by neatly cut lawns, carefully edged grass along sidewalks, well-tended flowerbeds, and pruned shrubbery: 1) shabby -- 5% Hispanics; 16% Non-Hispanics; 2) admirable --18% Hispanics; 4% Non-Hispanics
front yard flower gardens which extended across the front of houses and/or along driveways: 45% Hispanics; 17% Non-Hispanics
chain link fencing: one third of houses had them, but not distinctive to Hispanics.
occasional religious yard shrines: 13% Hispanics; 4% Non-Hispanics

Sources:
* Daniel Arreola. 1988. "Mexican American Housescapes," Geographical Review, Vol. 78 (3), pp. 299-315.
* Robert Kent and Augusto Gandia-Ojeda. 1999. "The Puerto Rican Yard-Complex of Lorain, Ohio," Yearbook, Conference of Latin American Geographers, Vol. 25, pp. 45-60.

U.S. Hispanic Landscapes
In general, the Hispanic cultural landscape consist of two basic elements: 1) Fixed elements, such as houses, churches, and public buildings. 2) Semi-fixed elements, such as gardens, furniture, curtains, mailboxes, signs, colors. The cultural landscape elements from two Hispanic areas, the Southwest and Midwest, and two different Hispanic groups, Mexican-Americans and Puerto Rican-Americans, are compared below. Also visit the Hispanic area in St. Paul, MN, and in Kansas City, MO.
	1) San Antonio, TX Compare where All Hispanics live in San Antonio, TX. Elements of Mexican American Housescapes in San Antonio, TX -- based on the research of Daniel Arreola Yard enclosures: chain-link fencing in front yards: 68% Hispanics Brilliant house paint colors: 47% Hispanics Occasional religious yard shrines: < 1% Hispanics
2) Lorain, OH Examine the maps of All Hispanics, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans in Lorain, Ohio.

Elements of Puerto Rican Yard-Complex in Lorain, OH -- based on the research by Robert Kent and Augusto Gandia-Ojeda Puerto Ricans have lived for 50 years in Lorain, since 1942. They represent 20 percent of the city's population (70,000). Their neighborhood consists of single family houses originally built as company housing All findings reported were statistically significant (.00 at least) house colors: pastel colors -- 22% Hispanics; 12% Non-Hispanics white color --19% Hispanics; 39% Non-Hispanics yard maintenance was measured by neatly cut lawns, carefully edged grass along sidewalks, well-tended flowerbeds, and pruned shrubbery: 1) shabby -- 5% Hispanics; 16% Non-Hispanics; 2) admirable --18% Hispanics; 4% Non-Hispanics front yard flower gardens which extended across the front of houses and/or along driveways: 45% Hispanics; 17% Non-Hispanics chain link fencing: one third of houses had them, but not distinctive to Hispanics. occasional religious yard shrines: 13% Hispanics; 4% Non-Hispanics
Sources: * Daniel Arreola. 1988. "Mexican American Housescapes," Geographical Review, Vol. 78 (3), pp. 299-315. * Robert Kent and Augusto Gandia-Ojeda. 1999. "The Puerto Rican Yard-Complex of Lorain, Ohio," Yearbook, Conference of Latin American Geographers, Vol. 25, pp. 45-60.