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RENO — A Reno sign collector is trying to help persuade city leaders to keep Reno’s famous downtown arch neon instead of switching to LED lights during a planned makeover. The city currently ...
Before:Keep Reno neon? Sign collector wants the Reno Arch update to stay true to Nevada's roots "We have a lot of people who don't feel spending $220,000 for color-changing lights is appropriate ...
Neon lights are a bold, cosmopolitan statement that can easily revitalize or accentuate an architectural space or structure. With eye-catching brilliance, a plethora of color options, and ties to ...
LAKELAND — A flash of neon-style lights over Southgate Shopping Center has sparked renewed hope for the future of the Lakeland landmark. The shopping center’s retro arch is being retrofitted ...
Claude, an engineer and chemist, started experimenting with neon as the filler gas for a tube around 1902. The red color of the light was distinctive ... graced the entrance of the Paris Opera ...
In the spring, the White Horse removed its 1946 neon sign and replaced it with a replica illuminated not by gas but by light-emitting ... it sits in a window by the entrance, its enameled-steel ...
But most Strip marquees nowadays are not made up of neon tubes and incandescent bulbs as businesses move away from less energy-efficient light sources to LEDs. Not only are LEDs known for their ...