The Made in Oregon sign is far from being the sole vestige of Portland's bright and colorful past. Vintage neon signs shine from all corners and pockets of the city.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland’s quirky reputation is enhanced by the city’s embrace of neon signs. They’re everywhere—so much so that you might not really pay them much attention.

The disagreement stemmed from the brewer’s use of an iconic downtown sign to promote a 2014 music festival. The towering neon sign boasts a stag and the words “Portland Oregon,” and is ...

In a corner of his cavernous workshop in North Portland, Mike Heist gazes adoringly at a disassembled neon Firestone sign from 1969. "You see how it looks like it was blocked out right there? That ...

A Portland paint company plans to make a splash — and mark a milestone — with a souped-up neon sign: Miller Paint Co. is restored its beaming, iconic windmill along Southeast Grand Avenue to ...

For four decades, the eyes of Abraham Lincoln have been red and gigantic. They looked over the East Portland neighborhood of Lents out of a 10-foot-tall neon coin that advertised notorious ...

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In May, the sign was taken down for extensive renovations. The 33-year-old sign will look about the same when it’s reinstalled. But, it will have a fresh coat of pain and brighter neon letters.

The sign, which is 33 years old, will be taken down May 2 for two months. It'll get a fresh coat of paint and brighter neon letters, but won't look much different when it returns.

RIDGEFIELD — In 1988, Roger Schurman sold his first neon sign to a used-car dealer on Portland’s Lombard Street at the tail end of a day full of rejection.

Crews took the sign to Yakima, Washington, for the metal and neon work, then brought its components back to Portland. Now the reinstallation is unfolding in several phases.

His “Foster is Neon” project (PDF below) came together initially as an entrant into PBOT’s Portland in the Streets Community Grant program. Geffel and other supporters of his project wanted to improve ...