Selected links to some interesting online resources on related topics: New York Neon on flickr.com - A selection of photos from this site at Flickr.com. Vanishing New York Blog - Keeping up on bits of old New York losing the race against time (and the developers). Lost New York Blog - Keep current on disappearing neighborhood institutions in the five boroughs. Project Neon - Kirsten Hively's photographic tribute to neon New York, old and new. Forgotten-NY.com - if you've found nyneon.org, chances are you're already well familiar with Forgotten-NY.com - if not, now's the time! Debra Jane's Roadside Architecture around the USA - A gallery of commercial archeology par excellence. New York neon photoraphy by Steve Garza The one... the only... the superb 14to42.net Matt Weber's brilliant photos of New York neon et al - some of the most evocative images of "the gritty years." Frank Jump's Fading Ad Campaign - mostly painted wall signs. Gotham Lost & Found - David Freeland explores surviving traces of old New York presumed lost. If you like this subject, be sure to read David's really great book, Automats, Taxi Dances & Vaudeville. Ephemeral New York - Fantastic odds and ends of fading NYC history. Keep up with Coney Island at Amusing the Zillion. Hudson Valley Ruins - My other project, a photographic travelogue of historic sites threatened by neglect in New York's Hudson River Valley. Co-authored with Rob Yasinsac. Hudson Valley Signs Gallery at Hudson Valley Ruins - An off-shoot of Hudson Valley Ruins, this is a gallery of great old signs in the Hudson Valley. Neon Museum / Las Vegas - When in Las Vegas be sure to visit the Neon Museum. Museum of Neon Art / Los Angeles - The Museum of Neon Art in Los Angeles pioneered a unique public-private program to preserve historic neon signs in-situ. American Sign Museum / Cincinnati - Neon and other historic signs from across the country displayed year-round. The Preservation of Historic Signs, by Michael J. Auer - A U.S. Department of the Interior Preservation Brief. Signs of the Times Magazine - The leading journal of the American sign industry since 1906. Artistic Neon - Second Generation full-service neon in Ridgewood, Queens. Let There Be Neon - Specialty neon sign shop promoting neon art for nearly 40 years, co-founded by neon historian Rudi Stern. Site includes a good history of the neon sign industry. EGL Lighting - Keeping New York lit and well informed with this very handy neon glossary. Artkraft Strauss - The company that brought us most of Times Square's more memorable spectaculars. Site includes a great gallery of historic images. I Love Typography Blog - Typography news and some of the best typography history on the web. Helvetica & The New York City Subway - Slightly off-topic, but - an eye-opening and incredibly insightful study of sign typography in the New York City Subway. The John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History at Duke University Shorpy.com - A somewhat random gallery of remarkable historic photographs showing New York and other American scenes at the last turn of the century. TypeArchive.com - A photographic roundup of classic typography found in outdoor advertising and elsewhere, world-wide. |