When a Bar Closes, Who Gets the Neon Sign? After the decades-old Subway Inn shut down, the new tenant took down its sign. The Subway Inn’s former operator said he had no right to do so.

Smith’s Bar’s neon signs shining bright over the corner of W44th Street and 8th Avenue. Photo: Phil O’Brien. If you look carefully, ...

The neon sign spelling out the name of the Beachcorner Bar & Grill (4905 Canal St., 504-488-7357) has long given a timeless look to this Canal Street tavern, known for ...

On Dec. 17, after one previous failed attempt, Wallen and the owners of Morgan Wallen’s This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen were granted permission by the council to install a 20-foot-high neon sign ...

The bar’s 1946 sign now sits inside, stripped of neon tubing. The owner, Eytan Sugarman, said that the sign was falling apart and had become a hazard. Credit ...