The Big Orange lives as a moving neon sign on the side of a downtown Miami hotel. But New Year’s Eve used to be all about King Orange at a nighttime parade. It was called the King Orange ...
But then came interstates and airplanes, and the neon signs became as obsolete as the independent roadside motels they advertised. Not many craftspeople still alive even know how to blow neon ...
Barbara Capitman and Leonard Horowitz visited South Miami Beach in the mid ... The Breakwater Hotel (Anton Skislewicz, 1939) Neon signs effectively announced a hotel's presence to weary travelers.