Neon signs used to line highways and Main Streets across America. Now, tradespeople who make and service those signs are dwindling, even as their nostalgic glow has become increasingly popular with ...
Tom Wartman is standing over a rectangle of blue flame and bending glass in his hands. "This fire is about 1,500 degrees," he says casually. He quickly and deftly moves the glass arc from the flame to ...
Vintage neon signs have become a rare and treasured thing in the Valley. In fact, local preservationists estimate there are only around three dozen old-school illuminated displays still in operation ...
Signs at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and the Apollo Theater are among the latest to lose their vintage glow in favor of LED lighting. Neon lettering on the vertical sign and atop the marquee at the Apollo ...
Neon signs aren't as popular as they used to be, but that's not stopping a craftsman in Ohio from creating the vintage lighting. Neon signs used to line highways and Main Streets across America. Now, ...