“During the ’80s, there was a big demand for more people to work in the neon lights industry, so my boss really pushed me to pursue the job full time,” he said in an interview at his workshop.

Sign of the times Mesa’s neon history stretches back more than 80 years. During the post-war boom, glowing signs became a staple of businesses along the Valley’s highways and thoroughfares.

Neon signs used to be everywhere - but they were especially prevalent as bright beacons calling hungry travelers to American ...

By the late 1960s, the introduction of plastics led to a decrease in the popularity of glass-tubed neon signs. LED lights came later and cut into neon's share of the sign market yet again.

Inside The Neon Company studio on DeKalb Avenue, a guild of craftspeople spends their days hand-fabricating neon signs in much the same way their progenitors did a century ago. The company, which ...

"Neon really hit the U.S. in the late 1920s," Swormstedt says. "By the early to mid-1930s, every small town had at least one neon sign." Keeping the trade alive. By the late 1960s, the introduction of ...

In their prime, neon signs conveyed a striking visual intensity — bright colors emerging from deep darkness — that mirrored both the vibrancy and solitude of urban life. That aesthetic is slowly ...

Neon signs aren't as popular as they used to be, but that's not stopping a craftsman in Ohio from creating the vintage lighting. Neon signs used to line highways and Main Streets across the United ...

30 Rock is replacing its iconic neon lights with LEDs in the coming year. nyc.gov. The storied building is also swapping out its blue neon “Observation Deck” lettering in favor of LED “Top ...

“During the ’80s, there was a big demand for more people to work in the neon lights industry, so my boss really pushed me to pursue the job full time,” he said in an interview at his workshop.