Paul Stokes came from England to Los Angeles in the mid-1980s with $40 in his pocket. He bummed around and did odd jobs until finding his calling at a small company that makes signs — all kinds ...

The historic Tujague's sign, which has been at the center of controvery for four years, has been removed and is sitting in a ...

Old Signs N Stuff in Gardner, Mass., builds neon signs for private ... HOWEVER, INEXPENSIVE A CUSTOM SIGN CAN RUN INTO THE THOUSANDS OR EVEN MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. BECAUSE OF A ...

Often associated with seedy motels, strip clubs and Raymond Chandler novels, neon signs and even high art are making a surprising comeback in the Bay. Skip to content. All Sections.

And neon signs were popping up everywhere right in the middle of it all. "Neon really hit the U.S. in the late 1920s," Swormstedt says. "By the early to mid-1930s, every small town had at least ...

The first neon sign was installed in New York’s Times Square om 1924 and in Las Vegas in 1928. Doby’s Hotel Court in Montgomery, Ala., in 1980. John Margolies ...

The Slow Death of Neon Rockefeller Center is proposing to rip out its glowing glass signage in favor of LEDs. It joins a heap of others.

The Neon Garden will showcase six signs outside The Post, each a glowing piece of Main Street history. There’s the towering, bloom-covered display from Watson’s Flowers, which came down in 2014.

Signmakers L.A. makes all kinds of signs, but they have become the go-to folks to fix and make vintage neon signs. These sign makers are restoring LA to its neon glory, one display at a time | LAist ...

Old Signs N Stuff in Gardner, Massachusetts, builds neon signs exclusively for private collections and museums. Made in New England: The art of neon sign collecting and creating ...