“The first [signs] were typically put up by big corporations,” said Thomas Rinaldi, the author of the book “New York Neon.” “Every little sign shop in New York jumped into the ...

“Its sign was clearly handmade by an expert in stainless steel metalwork and neon tubing, worked into that classic celebrated style that defined New York back in the day. Smith’s was an ...

Neon signs create iconic landmarks in city centres, such as New York's Times Square (Rex) Neon signs will forever conjure the worlds of 1930s Las Vegas and Shanghai – where the first was a 1926 ...

The Chelsea’s neon sign was installed in 1949. At that time, neon was “intensely popular with business owners,” Thomas Rinaldi, author of the book New York Neon, told CNN’s Chris Kokenes ...

Part of what makes the fans at the New York City Marathon so great are the signs they create. Whether they are elaborately painted in glitter on neon paper or written in big block letters on a ...