A new outdoor space in Mesa illuminates the city’s history with restored neon signs that once appeared in various places ...

In cities, they gaped at neon — and it was everything. Between the 1930s and the 1970s, neon signs were a potent American ... naming it “neon” after the Greek word for “new.” ...

"I wouldn't use the word 'hoarder,'" he joked. Together it's a compilation that tells the story of that most luminescent of advertising gimmicks, the neon sign. "Advertising in general is what ...

It may be hard to imagine today, but San Francisco was once full of neon signs. The city was right up there with places like New York, Los Angeles and even Las Vegas when it came to neon. Market ...

The neon sign spelling ... for the tavern. “I want to go back to what it was, the old nostalgic look,” she said. The Beachcorner Bar & Grill discovered a sign from its past during a round ...

A government crackdown on neon signs stems from safety and environmental ... Pawnshops advertised with outlines of bats clutching coins because the word for the winged mammal sounds like ...

Rocket Neon is the only independent neon sign shop left in the state of Idaho. Once a common practice, the now rare art form has shifted since the invention of LEDs. "They replace a lot of what we ...

Neon signs have been drawing the eye in Hong Kong for more than a century, a familiar sight in the city’s nightscape advertising everything from pharmacies and seafood restaurants to topless ...