Neon Sign at Night

by James Aiken

Title

Neon Sign at Night

Artist

James Aiken

Medium

Photograph - Digital Image

Description

A neon sign beckons drivers to a parking garage in the pre-dawn hours between Times Square and Herald Square in Manhattan of New York City.

Neon signs are made using electrified, luminous tube lights that contain rarefied neon or other gases. They are the most common use for neon lighting, which was first demonstrated in a modern form in December 1910 by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show. While they are used worldwide, neon signs were extremely popular in the United States from about 1920�1960. The installations in Times Square were famed, and there were nearly 2000 small shops producing neon signs by 1940. In addition to signage, neon lighting is now used frequently by artists and architects, and (in a modified form) in plasma display panels and televisions. The neon signage industry has declined in the past several decades, and cities are now concerned with preserving and restoring their antique neon signs. (Information obtained from Wikipedia)

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October 24th, 2013

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