With all due apologies, this week's post is short on neon.  Neon diehards will find some neon news at bottom.   The recent disappearan...

Out of the overwhelming response to last week's name-that-sign-challenge , one winner has emerged:  congratulations to Mike Harrison of ...

I recently had an almost unspeakable thrill over at the Googleplex , in the former Port Authority building in Chelsea.  There in the build...

A slight digression this week from the normal neon fare to visit upon another threatened icon of the New York Landscape.  Over at the Pier...

Of all the old signs in New York, the big rooftop spectaculars facing out over New York Harbor have always held a particular fascination f...

It might not feel much like springtime in New York, but with Easter Sunday nigh upon us, the time seems right for an homage to those most ...

The City of New York issued exactly 3,400 permits for illuminated signs in Manhattan in the year 1933, according to records housed downtown ...