Two photographers capture the promise and allure of San Francisco’s “liquid fire” as it fades from their city’s urban landscape. Fueled by a similar nostalgia for the form of signage dubbed as “liquid ...
PHOENIX – Mesa will celebrate its bright history by illuminating six historic signs in a new downtown installment called the Neon Garden. The display includes a replica of the Starlite Motel’s famed ...
CINCINNATI -- An old brick building just north of downtown Cincinnati gives little hint outside of the treasury of nostalgic icons within its walls. Some unlighted motel and restaurant signs line the ...
Once upon a time, downtown Mesa was drenched in the glow of neon lights. Businesses like motels, diners and cocktail lounges buzzed with vibrant color as their illuminated signs beckoned the public.
Born in the 1920s, local hardware store Busy Bee was a Santa Monica mainstay, buzzing around Santa Monica Boulevard for nearly a century. The business flapped its wings for the final time in 2017 ...
An old brick building just north of downtown Cincinnati gives little hint outside of the treasury of nostalgic icons within its walls. Some unlit motel and restaurant signs line the nearby street, and ...
Forget wafer-thin TVs and quantum dots at CES. The loveliest technology in Las Vegas this week is lighting up a junkyard in the middle of the desert. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist and ...
The iconic McDowells Happy Ring House sign on Dublin’s O’Connell Street has been given a new lease of life thanks to a grant partially funded by Dublin City Council. It was created and erected in 1952 ...
Editor's note: This story by former Register reporter Tom Perry originally ran in 2008. A reddish orange glow paints the evening sky about 40 miles west of Des Moines. Call it the light fantastic, ...
Westside Billiards on San Carlos Street had a packed house when the Preservation Action Council of San Jose held a fundraiser last week to help fully restore the pool hall’s vintage sign. Some of the ...