Fire House Neon Signs will be closed this Thursday and Friday, November 28-29, for the Celebration of the Thanksgiving Holiday. We will resume our regular working hours on Monday, December 2nd, 2013. We appreciate your business!
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Have you passed along the neon walkway at Terminal 1 of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport? This 744 foot neon sculpture is reportedly the longest neon sculpture in the world. The piece is called the "Sky's the Limit" by California artist Micheal Hayden with music by William Kraft and was installed between United passenger concourses B and C in 1987.
The owner of a Utah sign company was killed Friday morning while working from a cherry picker crane in Bountiful. Richard Gillies, 66, of Gillies Signs & Design Inc., was replacing a sign at an out-of-business Blockbuster store when the truck-mounted crane apparently malfunctioned, according to Assistant Bountiful Police Chief Ed Biehler.
According to police, Gillies was in the bucket of the crane when the problem occurred. When his son, attempted to maneuver the crane from below, there was an additional malfunction which pressed Gillies up against an overhanging facade and then flung him forward toward the building. He fell from the bucket to the ground 10 to 15 feet below.
Other workers inside the building, which is being turned into a fitness club, performed CPR on the victim until emergency personnel arrived.
Gillies was flown to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were investigating the accident, and members of the state medical examiner’s office also were at the scene.
According to his company website, Richard Gillies has been in the sign business for over 35 years. The Gillies family has set up this donation/fund to help offset some of the unexpected medical and funeral expenses. Your support is greatly appreciated.
DONATE TO THE GILLIES MEMORIAL FUND http://fundly.com/richard-gillies-memorial-donations
Want to see a cool restored film of some of the old neon signs that made Las Vegas famous? One or two of the signs featured in the film are still visible in Vegas today. However most have been lost to us, as anyone who's paid a visit to the cities Neon Museum can attest.