Ever wanted to make your own neon sign but didn't know where to start? It can seem tricky at first, but making a neon sign ...

Darryl Thompson performed a basic maintenance check on the H & C Coffee Sign in downtown Roanoke, and WDBJ7’s Caitlin Francis joined him. He checks over the lights, and electrical equipment, and ...

Nowadays, all you have to do is plug an address into your GPS or look it up on MapQuest and you can get anywhere. But . . . how do you know you're there? A sign. That's where Boyer Signs & Graphics ...

FORT WALTON BEACH — For 30 years, Chaz Watkins has been lighting up the sky around the world with his neon signs and designs. Now he’s focused on bringing his talent to Northwest Florida. Watkins has ...

SAN ANTONIO — Flipping a switch to brighten up any event or décor. "Neon Décor started because … with the coming trend of the neon sign, we wanted to make it," Neon Décor Texas, co-owner, Natasha Diaz ...

PROTECT A TREASURED EXAMPLE OF AMERICANA. THE GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, KNOWN AS THE CHAIR CITY. BUT NOW IT MIGHT JUST BE ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING THE NEON SIGN CITY. WELCOME TO A PLACE WHERE ...

MESA, Ariz. — For about 50 years, she welcomed weary travelers, enticing them with a neon blue bathing suit. The sign, known as the Diving Lady, had a job to do. “To promote the fact that the ...

When customers walk into Tom Brickler's Bucktown business, Neon Shop Fishtail, they are hit with a wall of sound, the buzz coming from walls of neon spelling out “Loans,” “Nails,” “Disco,” “Budweiser, ...

Let’s face it, neon signs are America. Be it a Coors Light sign in a college dorm room or a strip club marquee that jumps at you from the side of the road, neon serves as a beacon of light that calls ...

The first neon sign was displayed in Paris in 1910 and since then, it has become part of the urban landscape. Although plastic signs with florescent lighting became popular in the 1950s and 1960s, ...

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 ...