Neon signs are cool, but they can be fragile and expensive if you need a custom design. If you’d rather make your own on the cheap, you can use EL wire, some simple plastic tubing, and a heat gun. If ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...