One of the guilty pleasures of this column is finding predictions by gurus and seeing if they turned out. When noted architect Lewis Q. Crutcher toured San Luis Obispo in 1966, he visited a very ...
In Las Vegas, giant, elaborate signs flash and blink at casinos. Las Vegas Boulevard is lined with vintage signs that remind drivers and pedestrians of bygone businesses. The city is home to The Neon ...
Ironically, there’s no neon sign outside the historic Elks building on East Second Street to mark the location of the National Neon Sign Museum which opened in The Dalles in 2019. But once inside, ...
Nostalgic neon from Spokane’s past glows by dusk each night in the yard of Chris and Liz Bovey’s West Plains home. The original signs once adorned favorite haunts – most gone now – like White Elephant ...
“Rainbow Room” faces possible doom. Photo: Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis/Getty Images “Rainbow Room” faces possible doom. Photo: Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis/Getty Images Editor’s note: On December 17, after ...
A revival of fantastic, flickering signs is illuminating roadside America, from legendary Route 66 to the Vegas strip. Around 250 vintage signs fill the outdoor “boneyard” at the Neon Museum Las Vegas ...
Following is a transcript of the video. Howie Cohen: At first glance, I knew we had a beautiful sign here in the making. It's definitely a restorable piece. My name is Howie Cohen, and I run a sign ...
A government crackdown on neon signs stems from safety and environmental concerns, but the campaign evokes the fading of the city itself. A neon sign outside a mahjong parlor in October in Hong ...
VINITA, Okla. — A Vinita restaurant celebrated the restoration of their neon sign on Saturday. Hi-Way Cafe sits about two miles west of Vinita on Route 66. Beth Hilburn, one of the restaurant’s owners ...