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"That's how long it takes for it to get rigid again." The technique is called glass bending. It's integral to the neon sign-making process — and an increasingly rare skill. Neon is an indelible part ...
Nearly seven months later, the neon sign that hung outside the store at 3309 N. Third St., opened in 1956 by an accordion player named Angelo “Ziggie” Zardus, has come down. The sign ...
Neon lettering on the vertical sign and atop the marquee at the Apollo Theater, on West 125th Street in Harlem.Credit...Ashok Sinha for The New York Times Supported by By John Freeman Gill For ...
The Mirage sign — which welcomed guests to the Strip hotel for 34 years — will live on within The Neon Museum’s collection. The 30-foot arched sign over the entrance to the iconic property ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The neon, Art Deco style light-up “CARYTOWN” sign welcoming people as they drive down Cary Street is experiencing a partial blackout again. The eastern-facing side of ...
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 ...
If you had a new building, or if you wanted to redo your building to keep up with the times, you would add a neon sign because it was this beacon of modernity," Siegel said. That continued through ...