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Saving signs of affluence in postwar roadside era
Boston reporters profile the Society for Commercial Archaeology as it seeks to preserve neon signs and drive-in icons from America's postwar open-road boom. Art Krim and fellow collectors tout Coney Island architecture and the era's "effervescent optimism" while noting backlash favoring more tasteful, back-lit signage.
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Boston
Howard Johnson
McDonald
Society For Commercial Archaeology
United States
Society
Ace
Arthur Enm
Cambridge
Mass
Coney Island
New York
Krim
Charles River