Distilled to their simplest use, signs speak to us. But historic signs — from a faded 1930s “ghost sign” painted on the side of a building to a 1950s neon ad — need others to speak for them.

Neon signs are among the city's most endangered architectural features worth saving in the annual list issued by Preservation Chicago, reports WBBM's John Cody. Latest U.S.

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago preservation group has put the city’s neon signs on its annual list of endangered structures. Preservation Chicago says the signs were “a popular form of advertising ...

CHICAGO — Neon lights have been around since the early 1900s but as the pink flamingos and red lips went out of vogue decades ago, so did the number of artisans making them. But a father ...