{"id":6559,"date":"2018-04-26T01:35:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T01:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=6559"},"modified":"2018-04-26T01:46:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T01:46:08","slug":"robert-stark-interviews-al-barna-and-randall-ann-homan-about-san-francisco-neon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=6559","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark interviews Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan about San Francisco Neon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robert Stark talks to Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan. They co-authored and provided the photographs for the book\u00a0San Francisco Neon: Survivors and Lost Icons<\/a>. Their website is\u00a0San Francisco Neon Book<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Al Barna is a San Francisco photographer and artist whose work has been shown in exhibitions at the de Young Museum, the Legion of Honor Museum, the Rayko Gallery, the San Francisco Public Library, and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery. His photography has been published in CA Modern magazine, Society of Commercial Archeology Journal, The Sun magazine, and Shots magazine.\u00a0\u00a0www.albarna.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Randall Ann Homan began her interest in the art of signage as an apprentice sign painter in Flagstaff, Arizona. She lives in San Francisco and is an art director, photographer, and an award-winning graphic designer.\u00a0 Someday she would like to design a neon sign.\u00a0\u00a0www.giantorange.net<\/a><\/p>\n

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The history of Neon in San Francisco
\nNeon Walking\u00a0TOURS<\/a>
\nHistoric Preservation and how San Francisco has lost the least of it’s signage of any major city
\nMarket Street, it’s history as a Neon hub, and the failed\u00a0Mid-Market Sign District<\/a>\u00a0Proposal
\nThe Starlight Room<\/a>\u00a0at The Sir Francis Drake Hotel in Union Square
\nOther signs near Union Square including Tad’s Steak House, Marquard’s Cigar Store, The Stratford Hotel, and the Herbert Hotel
\nParking Garage Neon near Union Square
\nThe Tenderloin
\nChinatown which has the highest concentration of signs in the city though many are unlit
\nThe Lady from Shanghai<\/a> directed by Orson Welles
\nBroadway\u00a0in North Beach
\nColumbus Street in North Beach
\nFisherman’s Wharf;\u00a0Alioto’s<\/a>, Fisherman’s Grotto, The View Alcatraz Sign, The Cannery and\u00a0Ghiradelli Square
\nBar signs including the 500 Club Martini sign in the Mission District
\nThe Coca-Cola Company Replaced the Landmark Outdoor Neon Sign with LED<\/a>
\nAnimated Signs
\nThe Embarcadero Center’s LED bulb signs
\nThe Port of San Francisco Sign at The Ferry Building
\nOakland’s signs including the Paramount Theatre
\nThe Orinda Theatre
\nRheem Theatre closes it’s doors<\/a>\u00a0in Moraga
\nSanta Cruz, The Boardwalk, and The Del Mar Theatre
\nJim Rizzo of\u00a0Neon Works<\/a>\u00a0in Oakland who rescues and restores signs
\nStookey’s Club Moderne<\/a>\u00a0which has a brand new Art Deco style sign
\nNEON SPEAKS: Symposium & Spotlight Forum<\/a>
\nThe Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, California<\/a>
\nWill Durham’s\u00a0Neon Museum in Reno\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/San-Francisco-Neon.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click Here<\/a> to download!<\/p>\n

This show is brought to you by Robert Stark’s Paintings<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and his novel\u00a0Journey to Vapor Island<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n


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                Robert Stark talks to Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan. They co-authored and provided the photographs for the book San Francisco Neon: Survivors and Lost Icons. Their website is San Francisco Neon Book. Al Barna is a San Francisco photographer and artist whose work has been shown in exhibitions … Continue reading Robert Stark interviews Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan about San Francisco Neon<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1030,542,1170,623,457,629,6,554,459,719,449,276,448,270,624,600,1082,782,636,1172,1173,527,1169,676],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1950s","category-aesthetics","category-al-barna","category-architecture","category-art","category-art-deco","category-california","category-cities","category-culture","category-gentrification","category-historic-preservation","category-history","category-las-vegas","category-los-angeles","category-mid-century-modern","category-neon","category-oakland","category-orinda-ca","category-photography","category-randall-ann-homan","category-reno","category-san-francisco","category-santa-cruz","category-urbanism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6559"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6579,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6559\/revisions\/6579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}