Hong Kong’s narrow streets were once a dazzling gallery of neon, where banks and even bordellos plied their trade under sizzling tubular signs. But while the city’s nights remain bright, its ...

A decade ago, there were more than 100,000 neon signs on Hong Kong’s streets; today, there are just a few hundred left, estimates Chan. Her organization has been campaigning to preserve this rapidly ...

Hong Kong will continue to have a colored tint at night, but Greco says nothing can replace the unique colored glow of its dwindling neon signs. “It’s the special light they deliver,” he says.

Neon signs fell out of vogue in the US and elsewhere after World War II, and in time was associated with lurid places like casinos, liquor stores and strip clubs. Yet it thrived in Hong Kong.

In this Aug. 21, 2017, photo, neon signs, two at left, mixing with other LED signs are seen at a down town street in Hong Kong. For Hong Kong's famed neon lights, the future looks dim.

Hong Kong is changing. No, I am not talking about its economics, political scene or culture. The former British colony is literally starting to look different. For pretty much everyone who is alive ...

A 2011 survey by the Hong Kong government found 120,000 signs of all kinds – including neon – in the city. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

But Hong Kong's neon signs are starting to vanish, which has prompted the city's future museum of visual culture, M+, to launch an online exhibition dedicated to the city's neon heritage.