Tom Wartman is standing over a rectangle of blue flame and bending glass in his hands. "This fire is about 1,500 degrees," he says casually. He quickly and deftly moves the glass arc from the flame to ...

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WILDWOOD, N.J. — You’d have to look up pretty high to notice that the palm fronds of the Isle of Palms neon motel sign have been unlit. But inside Randy Hentges’ neon workshop on Park Boulevard, in ...

The Meadow Gold sign at night. TULSA, Okla. - Along Route 66, signs have always mattered. The highway’s famous shield may be the most recognizable symbol, but in Tulsa, it’s the glow of neon that ...