DENVER — VFW Post 1, in Denver, was the first Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in the country. That's part of the reason why some of its oldest members revere the post's nostalgic neon sign as a piece of ...
Distilled to their simplest use, signs speak to us. But historic signs — from a faded 1930s “ghost sign” painted on the side of a building to a 1950s neon ad — need others to speak for them. Des ...
A government crackdown on neon signs stems from safety and environmental concerns, but the campaign evokes the fading of the city itself. A neon sign outside a mahjong parlor in October in Hong ...
The City of Montreal says the owner of a more than 100-year-old home has violated city rules by allowing it to be painted in neon colours as an ad for telecom company Koodo. A Toronto-based ...
The neon sign has lit up downtown areas from Las Vegas to London for more than 100 years. But is its cheerful glow in danger of being snuffed out? In recent months, New Yorkers have campaigned – ...
Mountain Miami is here—and it’s not going away. Really. The new multicolored sculpture, installed earlier this month in Miami Beach’s Collins Park and unveiled formally to the public with a small fete ...
Manhattan got a healthy dose of color and ’90s nostalgia on Saturday night, thanks to Sergio Hudson’s fall 2023 fashion show. Hudson, a Black designer from South Carolina, established his popular ...
The historic ’50s-style Bel Aire Shopping Center sign at Staples and Annapolis has been unceremoniously painted over, ...