"Vintage Signs of America" by Debra Jane Seltzer.
• 14th Street's seemingly indestructible DISCOUNT LIQUORS sign may be near the end, as an entire corner looks to be poised for bigtime redevelopment - via Jeremiah's Vanishing NY and the Ephemeral NY blog.
14th Street's DISCOUNT LIQUORS sign in better days. (T.Rinaldi)
• "Neon is Back" - The Times on New York's neon revival.
• In Philadelphia - a great exhibit of old neon signs from the Len Davidson collection has been extended at least through October - check it out at Drexel University.
• Not neon but still of note: on Manhattan's Lower East Side, JVNY reports that the empty husk of the late Cup and Saucer lunch counter has been stripped of its great old signs.
The late lovely Cup & Saucer Luncheonette, formerly at 89 Canal Street in Manhattan. (T. Rinaldi)
• In Dalles, Oregon, the National Neon Sign Museum is set to open next year.
• If you haven't yet - head over to the old Tekserve space on 23rd street and check out a great gallery of vintage NYC posters, remnants of vanished venues and businesses across the city. (The gallery can be visited by appointment only).
• Some vintage Vegas neon via the Shorpy blog.
• After years laying in limbo, the west side's old Keller Hotel is finally staged for restoration, together with its fantastic old sign.
Poised for restoration: the Keller Hotel, at the foot of Barrow Street in Greenwich Village. (T. Rinaldi)