Rinaldi, Thomas E.

New York neon / Thomas E. Rinaldi.

1st ed.

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2013.

189 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Treating New York City as an open-air museum, Thomas E. Rinaldi captures the brilliant glow of surviving early- and mid-twentieth-century neon signs, those iconic elements of the cityscape now in danger of disappearing. This visual tour features two hundred signs, identified by location, with information on their manufacture, date of creation, and the businesses that commissioned them. In a generously illustrated introduction, drawing on documents including rare period trade publications, Rinaldi recounts the development of signage and the technological evolution of neon and examines its role in the streets of New York, in America's cultural identity, and in our collective consciousness.

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Neon signs New York (State) New York History.
Enseignes lumineuses New York (État) New York Histoire.
Neon signs History. New York (State) New York.
Neon signs.
New York (State) New York.

History.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 280534
Cote: BIB 217354
Statut: Disponible