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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 ...
On Monday night, I stood on the harbor with Fort McHenry at my back, the lyrics of our national anthem so close to their source, and watched another love song creating itself in front of me in neon… ...
Capitol’s letters shine light on past Wheeling theater’s neon sign requires a craftman’s touch Local News. Jun 22, 2019 ...
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 ...
The next year saw a breakthrough, as boulevardiers gazed upon 3.5-foot neon letters spelling "CINZANO." Claude had applied for a U.S. patent Nov. 9, 1911, and Patent 1,125,476 was awarded Jan. 9 ...
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.