Old Neon Signs to Illuminate Vegas History. By ANGIE WAGNER . Jan. 21, 2001 12 AM PT . ... By fall 2002, a visitors’ center should be open, offering neon demonstrations for schoolchildren.

As for neon signs, I understood them to be the work of French inventor Georges Claude, who introduced them in 1910. The handwritten labels I found with the two signs posed a problem.

He's been photographing Chicago signs for 15 years, and in his new book, “Good Old Neon: Signs You're in Chicago," he shows off shots of some famous—and many not-so-famous—neon signs.

From Hollywood blockbusters to Wong Kar-wai movies, neon signs have been an iconic representation of Hong Kong. First introduced in the 1920s, these signs flourished in the later half of the 20th ...

In an effort to connect the present business landscape of downtown Mesa with the past, business owners are being encouraged to put up neon signs – and the city is giving out money to make it happen.

For most of this century, the red neon Hills Bros. sign in San Francisco - - perched atop the handsome yellow-brick roasting plant on the corner of Embarcadero and Spear -- welcomed generations of ...

RED HOOK, N.Y. – The welcoming glow of the “open” sign at Village Pizza on Broadway could disappear if officials enforce a law believed to be decades old. Village Pizza owner Ben Tiedt… ...

Route 66 Neon Park, the first park dedicated to vintage neon lights in Missouri, is set to open in Saint Robert on Friday, May 9, 2025. The park will stand next to George M. Reed Roadside Park in ...

As soon as Chick-fil-A announced plans in 2021 to build at North High Street and Morse Road, the company said it would keep the corner's decades-old neon sign, a multi-story arrow originally ...

From Hollywood blockbusters to Wong Kar-wai movies, neon signs have been an iconic representation of Hong Kong. First introduced in the 1920s, these signs flourished in the later half of the 20th ...