Tom Wartman is standing over a rectangle of blue flame and bending glass in his hands. "This fire is about 1,500 degrees," he says casually. He quickly and deftly moves the glass arc from the flame to ...

In his upcoming book ‘Neon Road Trip,’ photographer John Barnes captures a luminous part of advertising history Jennifer Nalewicki - Travel Correspondent For two-and-a-half years, photographer John ...

Vintage neon signs have become a rare and treasured thing in the Valley. In fact, local preservationists estimate there are only around three dozen old-school illuminated displays still in operation ...

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Signs at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and the Apollo Theater are among the latest to lose their vintage glow in favor of LED lighting. Neon lettering on the vertical sign and atop the marquee at the Apollo ...

Randall Ann Homan and Al Barna look both ways before darting across Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s Chinatown and find themselves standing underneath a masterpiece hidden in plain sight. Partly ...

When Anastasia Tsang was contemplating the subject matter for her first feature film, she decided to incorporate an issue that struck close to home: Hong Kong’s disappearing neon street signs. The ...