And neon signs were popping up everywhere right in the middle of it all. "Neon really hit the U.S. in the late 1920s," Swormstedt says. "By the early to mid-1930s, every small town had at least ...

The Slow Death of Neon Rockefeller Center is proposing to rip out its glowing glass signage in favor of LEDs. It joins a heap of others.

As neon signs disappeared around the country and some environmental groups opposed them, Las Vegas doubled down and built taller, more elaborate signs. “Neon stood out and stands out,” Green said.

Neon signs were a noted part of Tucson’s history. The glow from these signs once filled main corridors such as Miracle Mile, Oracle Road, Drachman Street and Speedway.

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 first neon sign was installed in New York’s Times Square om 1924 and in Las Vegas in 1928. Doby’s Hotel Court in Montgomery, Ala., in 1980. John Margolies ...

Made in New England: The art of neon sign collecting and creating. Old Signs N Stuff in Gardner, Mass., builds neon signs for private collections and museums ...

Al Mac’s Diner’s iconic red and blue sign, a familiar beacon in the Fall River night sky, is shining again -- and more ...

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — Visit Albuquerque is showing when and how neon became such a vital part of Route 66’s history. While the first functional neon sign was created by George Cloud… ...