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French engineer Georges Claude is the first person to incorporate neon gas into signs back in 1912. He and his assistant ...
Boise has its first outdoor, historic neon sign gallery, the Neon Grove. Six restored signs that once marked thriving Boise businesses now dot Grove Street between 12th and 13th Streets in the city’s ...
The neon signs that once illuminated Hong Kong have mostly gone dark, but Jive Lau is preserving the craft of neon making ...
flipping the switch as gathered crowds cheer – such is the compulsion of neon. “Different signs in different neighborhoods work like sponges, they soak up local history and become landmarks ...
The owner of the shop saw his fascination with the signs and asked, would he want to learn how to work with neon? Reising jumped at the chance. He learned quickly and began making a name for himself ...
Debbie Reynolds, a trailblazing entertainer and businesswoman, often said her off-Strip hotel-casino that operated in the 1990s was “her little place” — and she had the massive neon signs to ...
The signs are filled either with neon or argon, depending on the intended ... “Now you don’t have a body of work to learn on while getting paid, so that’s been a problem with getting new ...
Despite spending more than a decade in storage, work continues to rehab the 40-by-25-foot Paul Revere sign and to find it a new home, said Dave Waller, who owns Neon Williams in Somerville with ...
after we get the Neon Garden open, is to begin finding locations and homes for these other signs," Linoff says. "So I don't know exactly when it will go back onto public display." There's work to ...
The original colors of the Aurora Fox neon sign are shining again thanks to a $140,000 restoration project that began just under a year ago. The restoration of the 1946 sign, a familiar sight ...
The versatility of neon signs allows them to blend seamlessly with different wedding themes, from classic elegance to boho ...
a sign for a Louis Vuitton event, and light installations for the Hong Kong Ballet. Through his work, Lau hopes he can help reverse neon’s decline in the city. “Neon is not replaceable,” he ...