The neon sign has lit up downtown areas from Las Vegas to London for more than 100 years. ... Air Liquide, laced Paris with neon signs, and in 1919 – when the lights of Europe went on again ...

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s famous neon signs are becoming harder and harder to find. The once-ubiquitous signs advertising bakeries, restaurants, pawn shops and more became a symbol of Hong Kong ...

Neon signs operate through a simple, yet elegant, mechanism. Glass tubes are filled with noble gases such as neon or argon. When high voltage is applied, the gas becomes ionized, emitting light ...

The disappearing icons of Hong Kong, from dai pai dongs to neon signs In the craft’s heyday, Wu said there were 30 to 40 masters. Now, he is one of about eight left.

30 Rock is replacing its iconic neon lights with LEDs in the coming year. nyc.gov. The storied building is also swapping out its blue neon “Observation Deck” lettering in favor of LED “Top ...

Neon signs were once synonymous with Hong Kong, but only around 150 remain. We’ve picked 11 of the best remaining examples – and tell you how to find them.

Neon light signs have been trending in the market recently. Everyone wants a customized LED neon light or FloRo Neon Sign for their workspace or home décor. A new obsession towards including neon ...

This Week in History, 1927: Neon signs light up Vancouver. Invented in Paris in the 1910s, neon signs took Vancouver by storm when they arrived here in 1927. Author of the article: ...