There are about 30 mid-century neon signs remaining in Chicago — but no clear incentives for owners to keep them up when their small businesses close, preservationists said.
Traditional neon signs are made from glass tubes that are carefully bent by hand into specific shapes. Those tubes are filled ...
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 ...
San Antonio long has had an impressive collection of commercial neon signs promoting office buildings, bars, tattoo parlors and other businesses. Unfortunately, many of the most fondly remembered ...
Evan Voyles lives in Austin, Texas, and sells classic neon signs on his website, Neon Jungle. Many of his signs come from the Lone Star State, but some come from other parts of the Southwest - ...
After a five-year hiatus, a new neon sign will welcome visitors to Downtown. The sign near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Broadway NE harkens back to the neon signs that once lined U.S. Route 66 and ...
Without neon lights, our cities would have looked like ghost cities for most of the 20th century. Now, these signs are in the process of becoming ghosts themselves. Watch: The Dying Craft Of Neon ...