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They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway — but they’re going down at Rockefeller Center. 30 Rock is ditching its iconic neon signs prominently plastered across Saturday Night Live’s opening ...

“Rainbow Room” faces possible doom. Photo: Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis/Getty Images “Rainbow Room” faces possible doom. Photo: Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis/Getty Images Editor’s note: On December 17, after ...

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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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 ...

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 ...

RED HOOK, N.Y. – The welcoming glow of the “open” sign at Village Pizza on Broadway could disappear if officials enforce a law believed to be decades old. Village Pizza owner Ben Tiedtke was among ...

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 ...

Instagram and Pinterest are full of “neon Japan” photos. Video games constantly present Japan as a neon-lit futuristic city. But while neon or neon lighting certainly still exists in Japan, especially ...