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La Concha Motel, Huntridge Theater and Mormon Fort are among three Southern Nevada locations that Preserve Nevada has ...
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 ...
A new museum coming to Kansas City hopes to bring the city’s glowing past back to life, one neon sign at a time.
It’s a taste of the 1950s... today. The Colony House Motor Lodge is preparing for a grand re-opening in July, after ownership ...
Mesa restored the neon beacons — including iconic Diving Lady, Watson's Flowers and Dairy Queen signs — to light up the former post office building.
A new outdoor space in Mesa illuminates the city’s history with restored neon signs that once appeared in various places ...
The open-air display showcases five restored vintage neon signs from iconic Mesa businesses, including Bill Johnson’s Big Apple. The collection also includes a replica of the Starlite Motel’s ...
Motels in the 1950s and '60s gave away matchbooks as a way to market themselves amid competition. Collectors say motel ...
April 2, 2025 “Old motels are fun, and I love, love, love old motel neon signs [from the midcentury period],” he adds, citing “living” examples like the Saga or decommissioned signs like ...
The five signs that date from the 1940s to the 1970s installed at the Neon Garden include: Bill Johnson’s Big Apple, Dairy Queen, Frontier Motel, Smiley Ford and Watson’s Flowers. Over the ...