At Dia Chelsea, from left, “Study for the Gates #2," 1966, neon, acrylic, steel, and paint on wood; “The Automat,” 1971, neon and plaster; “Cents Sign Travelling from Broadway to Africa ...

The Neon Museum Las Vegas opened in 1996, and today the mostly outdoor “boneyard” holds some 250 signs, from car-sized cursive letters to an 82-foot-tall guitar from the defunct Hard Rock ...

Tishman wants to exchange the letters reading OBSERVATION DECK for TOP OF THE ROCK and to add 30 ... The transformers that power neon lights run at extremely high voltage — up to 15,000 volts ...

Al Mac’s Diner’s iconic red and blue sign, a familiar beacon in the Fall River night sky, is shining again -- and more ...

At the start of World War II, there were more than 2,000 neon sign companies across the United States, employing more than 5,000 tube benders, according to a 1985 article in the San Francisco ...

Traditionalists promptly began to rage against the dying of the light, and a warning letter to the building’s owner from the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission followed.

As the director of the Kern County Museum, I receive a lot of positive comments about our growing neon sign collection. Started by former museum director Carola Enriquez 20 years ...

The Chelsea’s neon beacon was restored a few years ago. Now, pieces from the old sign have been divided up, and each five-foot-tall-letter from the word “hotel” will be sold separately, as ...