The Hotel Chelsea's neon sign was installed in 1949. Henry P. Gray / Wikimedia Commons via CC BY-SA 3.0 The three-story-tall sign of Manhattan’s hallowed Hotel Chelsea—the infamous gathering spot for ...
The two neon signs roosted atop San Francisco’s Palace Hotel will stay dark for another month while preservationists and hotel management attempt to hammer out a compromise on a proposed restoration ...
The agenda documents also call for the sign to be temporarily removed and sent to the Comet Signs shop so it can clean and repaint the metal lettering that will house the neon green LED strips. Comet ...
A pair of neon signs perched high above San Francisco’s historic Palace Hotel will not return to their illuminated glory on Market Street for at least another month. The San Francisco Historic ...
After arguing their case at the end of a marathon five-hour hearing on March 20, neon aficionados will have to wait until April 3 for San Francisco’s Historic Preservation Commission to vote on the ...
A piece of the buzzing neon sign that illuminated New York’s legendary Chelsea Hotel could soon light up your living room. Guernsey’s auction house is conducting “NYC – Downtown, The Auction,” which ...
A once-luminous gem of San Francisco plans to soon make the switch to a more modern technology — a sacrifice for the bottom line as the city’s hotel industry continues to recover from a difficult ...
The neon sign that greets travelers to the famous Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari was destroyed in a May hailstorm — a downer for the motor hotel on Route 66 that prides itself on its neon and ...