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David’s debut album Born to Do It shook the R&B sphere. With slithery vocals and a deep-rooted command of U.K. garage music, ...
The Idaho Motel sign coming back to life and the presentation of “Cars” caps the end of Neon Fest, which will begin with what is actually a second Friday iteration of Historic Downtown ...
The neon signs that once illuminated Hong Kong have mostly gone dark, but Jive Lau is preserving the craft of neon making with his ambitious designs and sculptures.
Fading lights Neon signs were first introduced in Hong Kong in the 1920s. As the city’s economy flourished from the 1950s to the 1980s, neon did also, according to Brian Kwok, an associate ...
The loping original neon sign outside the Googie-esque restaurant — the oldest continually operating McDonald’s in the world — looked as though someone had taken a hacksaw to the golden arch ...
The Neon Garden will showcase six signs outside The Post, each a glowing piece of Main Street history. There’s the towering, bloom-covered display from Watson’s Flowers, which came down in 2014.
Here’s a closer look at the six Neon Garden signs, based on information provided by the city: Bill Johnson’s Big Apple: The sign stood at 950 E. Main St. from 1977 until 2018, four years after ...
To my 21-year-old self, this was a clear message from the universe. I had spent my whole life walking past neon signs without ever really considering them. I suddenly, desperately had to know more.
The sign, built by Leonard “Christy” Christensen in 1949, was lit up by multiple owners since the shop opened and was even one of the reasons the last buyer, Emil Zawatski, liked it so much ...
Now, the hardware store's sign can be found inside as a part of the Vintage Print and Neon store's display. These are the kinds of Spokane staples that Bovey is trying to preserve.
Inside The Neon Company studio on DeKalb Avenue, a guild of craftspeople spends their days hand-fabricating neon signs in much the same way their progenitors did a century ago. The company, which ...