they show the old parts of the signs as they are now, with real neon.) Less metaphorically speaking, it’s the difference between looking through a plastic window and a glass one. Do you have ...

By shaping the tubes glass blowers (sometimes called “benders”) created letters, lines, and elaborate forms. Neon signs glow in a 1930s photograph of Times Square in New York City. The ...

Signs emblazoned with multicolored neon or bulb lights conjured the past glory of such places as East End Café (“Stag Only”), Wilson Motors, Damm Theatre (“Talkies”), Pioneer Bar, Norman’s ...

Learn to make light, but never LEDs. Have you ever stopped to look at a neon sign? I mean really look at one—long enough to notice that it is made of glass tubes intricately hand bent and folded ...

Obviously, this means I’ve been dreaming about having a neon sign on my wall for years, but — while I love the aesthetic of traditional neons — glass neon signs can be expensive, heavy ...

"Most neon signs that you see downtown ... To achieve the desired shape of each sign, Kirkman uses a glass-blowing technique. It's a tedious process that he says he absolutely loves.

After restoring some of the neon tubing, the sign was publicly illuminated for ... Tropicana’s stained glass ceiling Possibly the most intriguing piece is the atrium stained glass ceiling ...

Not many craftspeople still alive even know how to blow neon glass anymore, Davidson said. “From the 1920s until about 1970, neon signs were very popular,” he said. “Today, they’re mainly ...

its enameled-steel face stripped of glass tubing. These are dark days for the city’s historic neon. This year is the centennial of the installation of the first neon sign in Times Square ...