READ: 90 years of Reddy Kilowatt from Alabama Power The very first business to use a neon sign is thought to be a Parisian hair salon called Palais Coiffeur in 1912. For a time, neon stayed across ...

To call the 41-year-old neon-sign artisan an optimist would be an understatement. With his mop of fluorescent-dyed hair and weathered leather jacket, Lau cuts an unmistakable figure in a sunset ...

The very first business to use a neon sign is thought to be a Parisian hair salon called Palais Coiffeur in 1912. For a time, neon stayed across the ocean; it wasn’t used in the U.S. until the ...