The Salt Lake City Arts Council’s Public Art Program said State Street was once adorned with an array of iconic neon and light-based signs that brought color and personality to Utah’s capital ...
But why were the neon signs and most other lights turned off for months on the Strip and downtown in the 1970s? The move was triggered by the start of the oil crisis of October 1973, when OPEC ...
to make them happen and we translated them into neon.” The signs installed along the east and west portions of State Street run from 600 South to 700 South. There are four light posts ...
“Before that, neon signs were daily objects taken for granted, and some even complained about light pollution from them.” Hong Kong artists preserve the city’s history with miniatures The ...