I regret to say that the Labor Day holiday and the general late summer hubbub got the better of my grand ambitions for a more sophisticated ...

Somewhere along the way, neon window signs became an essential staple of nail salons.  Is it just me?  Or do mani-pedi parlors seem to ha...

Before neon signs began to proliferate in New York during the 1920s, another type of electric sign predominated throughout the city.  These ...

The Harlem YMCA is among the more sparkly gems on the neon book's cutting room floor.  In fact, it wasn't supposed to be there.  I ...

In the lengthening late summer shadows of a hot August evening in 2006, the finely patinated sign of the Cavalier Hotel caught my eye.  I wa...

This post is dedicated to all who have suffered and sacrificed for freedom of expression and democracy in Syria.   (Regular New York Neon ...