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fromArchDaily
1 week ago

The Line of Fragile Radiance: Neon Light as Atelier, Architecture, and Archive

Neon signage rose in early 1900s, flourished across mid-century America, later declined amid restrictions, and remained enthusiastically embraced in Hong Kong despite safety-driven removals.
fromIslands
1 week ago

The Most Show-Stopping Christmas Light Shows Across America - Islands

Elaborately decorated pine trees, carols and festive music, scents of spices like cinnamon and cloves, gently drifting snowflakes, and, of course, eggnog, all make for a magical Christmas ambiance, but it's those twinkling, colorful lights that add the finishing touch. This tradition began in medieval Germany with the Yule log. Later, candles were used in England to ceremonially mark the arrival of the season.
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