Late last week, the preservationist and author Chris Nichols had stopped by the McDonald's in Downey when he noticed something strange. The loping original neon sign outside the Googie-esque ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The original colors of the Aurora Fox neon sign are shining again thanks to a $140,000 restoration project that began just under a year ago. The restoration ...

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 ...

Curious collectors wandered through an Ontario industrial space last weekend, gaping at one man’s neon-lighted cave of Americana. Glowing signs advertising Pep Boys, Union 76 and Felix Chevrolet were ...

Once upon a time, downtown Mesa was drenched in the glow of neon lights. Businesses like motels, diners and cocktail lounges buzzed with vibrant color as their illuminated signs beckoned the public.