Over the past three years, the city of Mesa has given out $215,000 to a total of 32 businesses to help them install neon or neon-like signs. City officials spoke to the Business Journal to explain why ...

In Las Vegas, giant, elaborate signs flash and blink at casinos. Las Vegas Boulevard is lined with vintage signs that remind drivers and pedestrians of bygone businesses. The city is home to The Neon ...

Neal Conner, Neon Man, has nearly 40 years of expertise in crafting neon signs. Here's how that special medium drives his business.

3:39 p.m. Aug. 29, 2023: The name of Roxy Rose’s family shop is Alert Lite Neon not Alert Lighting. Georges Claude’s surname was misspelled as Claud. He made his business signage debut at the 1910 ...

The first neon sign was displayed in Paris in 1910 and since then, it has become part of the urban landscape. Although plastic signs with florescent lighting became popular in the 1950s and 1960s, ...

MOORHEAD - The future looks pretty bright for Chris Orth. The Moorhead craftsman’s Fireline Neon Company has carved out a niche repairing and building neon signs for Fargo-Moorhead area customers.

Tom Wartman is standing over a rectangle of blue flame and bending glass in his hands. "This fire is about 1,500 degrees," he says casually. He quickly and deftly moves the glass arc from the flame to ...

Alabama cities may not have the glitz and glare of Times Square or Las Vegas but that doesn’t mean we can’t rock a cool neon sign when one is called for. Some in Alabama are easily recognizable, such ...

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 ...

Every time Melissa publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox! Enter your email By clicking “Sign up”, you agree to receive emails from ...

RIDGEFIELD — In 1988, Roger Schurman sold his first neon sign to a used-car dealer on Portland’s Lombard Street at the tail end of a day full of rejection. That first sign — it said “OPEN” — was only ...