Vintage neon signs aren’t just for stores anymore. Many people now customize them for home decor, showcasing their aesthetic taste and adding a touch of romantic ambiance to their nights. Given the ...
In 1985, Jed Schleisner had a biology degree in his pocket and no job on the horizon. Combining boredom with science and a long-held love of art, he came up with an illuminating new career. Schleisner ...
Photos by Sam McManis / The Sacramento (Calif.) BeeThe Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, California, features vintage neon signs from the golden age of signage. GLENDALE, Calif. — Two people stood side ...
Reporting from Havana — As the sun sinks over Old Havana, a row of ramshackle apartment buildings fades from sherbet bright to creamy hues of pale pink, yellow and green. Storm clouds hover above the ...
Cruising down Glenwood on a hot, summer night, the lure of the Fat Daddy's sign promised thick burgers, cold brews, and pool tables. I racked another set and frowned as some pop-jangle 2000s song came ...
A ntique hunting is practically a sport in the Texas Hill Country - entire towns along Interstate 10 between Austin and San ...
On Thursday, the Neon Museum in downtown Las Vegas debuted “Brilliant!”— an audiovisual immersion experience that uses technology advances to reanimate 40 monumental examples of the museum’s iconic ...
Distilled to their simplest use, signs speak to us. But historic signs — from a faded 1930s “ghost sign” painted on the side of a building to a 1950s neon ad — need others to speak for them. Des ...
SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) -- Every morning at 4:30 a.m., the busiest place in South Chicago Heights is a 70-year-old bakery with a glowing neon sign out front. Hi-Way Bakery has been a local ...
Retro neon signs are seeing a resurgence in Alabama towns. In some cases, the original signs are being refurbished or restored. In other cases, signs with a vintage feel are being erected at new ...
For a new vintage-trailer motel, I created a neon sign designed after the classic, scaffold-style signs once prominent on ...