Illuminated by antique neon signs, Matt Thompson pursed his lips around a plastic tube and blew into the glass letter warping under the blue flames. He wore sunglasses and a shirt that read "old ...

After fall of communism, signs were left to rust until museum founders began to collect and restore them ...

Instagram and Pinterest are full of “neon Japan” photos. Video games constantly present Japan as a neon-lit futuristic city. But while neon or neon lighting certainly still exists in Japan, especially ...

WILDWOOD, N.J. — You’d have to look up pretty high to notice that the palm fronds of the Isle of Palms neon motel sign have been unlit. But inside Randy Hentges’ neon workshop on Park Boulevard, in ...

“When you collect big things, people notice,” Vangie Osborn, creator of the upcoming Signs of Our Times gallery, said. In the very near future, one area of downtown Boise will start to look quite ...

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 ...

We’ve seen them glowing on New York City theater billboards, Las Vegas casinos and Hong Kong high-rises. They cast unbidden light and shadow into restaurants and homes and are a part of the daily ...

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 ...

Neon Williams in Somerville has been building custom neon signs and restoring salvaged relics since 1934. Its second owner, Charlie Williams, was one of the many people who installed the now-iconic ...

Become a paid member to listen to this article Images of New York’s neon signs by Thomas Rinaldi. You’ve seen them everywhere, but probably haven’t given them much thought. Though they once ...