Illuminated by antique neon signs, Matt Thompson pursed his lips around a plastic tube and blew into the glass letter warping under the blue flames. He wore sunglasses and a shirt that read "old ...
The saying goes, “Bright Lights, Big City” — and classic neon signs are a shining beacon of that legacy. But due to rent increases that are shuttering old-school establishments and cheap LED ...
Last Sunday, a crowd of roughly 100 gathered for a rare look at these relics, now tucked away in what could be their final resting place. “This is the boneyard,” said Al Barna, co-founder of San ...
Bright neon art-deco theater signs, parts of which are nearly 80 years old, will soon light the night sky atop First Street in the heart of downtown Fort Myers for the first time in at least three ...
A fundraiser is underway to restore a neon sign connected to Petaluma’s history.
Even Rose Hills' PR man didn't know who made the 20-foot-tall East L.A. landmark that stands guardian over thousands of graves. To Joseph Romero, a 30-year Pico Rivera resident, a huge neon sign — ...
The red neon sign atop the Rio Grande Depot, a landmark in downtown Salt Lake City since the mid-1950s, is coming down. A new sign is going up in place of the old one, and is scheduled to be finished ...