Sunday, May 09, 2010

The Neon Lights of Fort Worth

Fort Worth isn't what I expected. In a number of ways - but for now I just want to talk about neon signs. In 1923, the French company Claude Neon,introduced neon gas signs to the United States, by selling two to a Packard car dealership in Los Angeles. From that time the use of neon signs grew until reaching its peak in the 1960s, at which time popular taste turned against it and most were destroyed. . What was once "liquid fire" was soon considered harsh and trashy and were trashed.

But for some reason, there are quiet a few in Fort Worth, and while I too was in the trashy camp, the ones here in Fort Worth are actually pretty cool.

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