Article: Chicago Neon Signs.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Bright lights fading fast: Push on to preserve historic ...
Colorado Springs Business Journal;  November 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... As burgeoning demand lowered prices, neon signs blossomed in downtown Colorado Springs ... the transformed nightscape. Some found neon signs vulgar, irritating or intrinsically ... sign code, which permanently banned neon signs in Aspen. Nationally, neon signs began ...

Article: Classical gas ; The vintage look of neon signs is ...
The Boston Globe;  July 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Restaurant in Chelmsford flip on the multiple neon signs that light up the roof of the roadside ... a ship steering wheel. Like the best neon signs, the one above Skip's is designed ... Massachusetts prohibit or severely restrict new neon signs via zoning. The neon at Skip's is ...

Article: LANDMARKS BOARD URGES BAN ON HISTORIC DISTRICT NEON ...
St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO);  November 30, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Review Board has taken a stand against neon signs on North Main Street. The board voted ... drinking establishments in the district have neon signs. "What the board is doing is recommending ... Council not permit any neon lights or neon signs in the Historic District," said Councilman ...

Article: Itasca moves toward compromise on neon ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  February 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Deborah Kadin Daily Herald Staff Writer Neon signs might not pose a huge problem in Itasca ... Pottersville." To study the impact of neon signs on the community's unique architectural ... restrictions on the size and type of neon signs in its historic district. To get more ...

Article: Plan to limit neon signs generates buzz in suburb: ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  November 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... The lights may soon be out for new neon signs in Deerfield as officials consider regulations ... Under the proposed regulations, no neon signs would be allowed in any windows in Deerfield ... Monday were considering whether to allow neon signs that indicate whether a store is open ...

Article: Itasca studies ban on neon signs in historic ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 21, 2001 ;     649 words ... ... moratorium on the use or display of new neon signs in the historic district. Between today and May 21, 2002, no new neon signs will be allowed to hang in the windows ... time to study the effects of the neon signs on the community and to regulate ...

Article: Itasca won't allow new neon signs ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  June 27, 2002 ;     627 words ... ... Herald Staff Writer Business owners with neon signs in Itasca's historic district could ... overhaul. If an existing business that has neon signs closes or is bought, the new owners ... moratorium in November to study the impact neon signs have on the integrity of the historic ...