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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 ...
“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 ...
A revival of fantastic, flickering signs is illuminating roadside America, from legendary Route 66 to the Vegas strip. Around 250 vintage signs fill the outdoor “boneyard” at the Neon Museum Las Vegas ...
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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 ...
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 ...
SAN FRANCISCO - "It's like trying to hold a wet noodle straight," says Adam Taylor, a glass bender at Oakland's Neon Works. He's been bending neon into shape for seven years, but has only been good at ...