Signs Immune to Destruction
Delmar Movie Palace is closed, but sign remains Photo by Matthew Bamberg |
In Miami, for example, a few lucky areas have been preserved as districts where both the architecture and signage has been preserved. But outside these areas major rebuilding has taken place without regard to preservation.
The city of Paris saves just about every sign and building ever erected, while the city of London does not.
World globalization and corporate control of the land in much of the world is bad news for old neon and politics plays a major role in any preservation program.
In the city of Los Angeles the Neon Museum (MONA) hosts a program to save and repair the neon so that the signs of yesteryear still glow.
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Road Runner
Road Runner Motel in Gallup, New Mexico Photo by Matthew Bamberg |
Beep...beep!
Who doesn't love a roadrunner. Throughout the Western United States, the bird is revered for it's sleek body and long tail. Homage to the lovely bird exists in signage in a few spots of the region.
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Steel and Neon—The Makings of a Sign
Hill Top Motel, Kingman, AZ |
First, the sign maker bends the tubes, a tricky, yet artistic task as each letter must conform to the other and like letters must be bent in exactly the same shape.
To make the neon glow, an electric current must flow thorough the tube. The colors depend on the mixture of gasses inside the tube, usually neon, argon and mercury.
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Blue Skies Trailer Park Sign at an Angle
Blue Skies Trailer Park sign near Santa Barbara, CA Photo by Matthew Bamberg |
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