If you had a new building, or if you wanted to redo your building to keep up with the times, you would add a neon sign because it was this beacon of modernity," Siegel said. That continued through ...

Nearly seven months later, the neon sign that hung outside the store at 3309 N. Third St., opened in 1956 by an accordion player named Angelo “Ziggie” Zardus, has come down. The sign ...