Stewart's True Value Hardware occupied the Boulevard building from 1912 to 2012. Now, the hardware store's sign can be found ...

Today, a mere 500 neon signs buzz throughout the city ... "When I create neon art," says Lau, "I have to leave my studio and head into nature to create artworks that belong to me.

In the film, a grieving widow takes up her late husband’s trade of making neon signs. Public safety concerns grew in the 2000s after incidents of ageing signboards falling on pedestrians.