Historic Jade Mountain Chinese Restaurant Neon Sign From New York City Vintage

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Historic Jade Mountain Chinese Restaurant Neon Sign From New York City Vintage:
$15000.00

“Jade Mountain” Neon SignThis famous Chinese Restaurant was located in the east villiage of New York City at Second Avenue and 12th street.
This sign is up for sale. A lot of the neon was destroyed by the company that originally removed the sign. A worker had stepped on the “N” and bent it down but it can be repaired. The sign would need new neon, repair to the letter N.
This is a piece of New York City History that won’t come around again for a long time.
The sign is approximately 16 feet long and 1-2 feet tall.
A crate was created to hold the sign and it remains that way today.“From 1931 to 2007, the two gorgeous neon signs of the Jade Mountain Chinese restaurant glowed on Second Avenue in the East Village like a beacon.”
-Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York“Neon signs for Chinese restaurants held a unique prominence in the visual iconography of American cityscapes for most of the last century (as previously noted here). Roman characters styled after East Asian scripts and bold signs reading simply CHOW MEIN or CHOP SUEY (as famously depicted in Edward Hopper's 1929 painting) were their hallmarks. The Jade Mountain signs are particularly significant for exemplifyling both of these themes.”
-Thomas Rinaldi NY Neon BlogJade Mountain Restaurant at 197 Second Avenue between East 12th & 13th Streets, ca. 2000. Photo from Village Preservation's Historic Image Archive/Meredith Marciano Collection.Jade Mountain Chinese Restaurant, 197 Second AvenueThe Chinese restaurant Jade Mountain opened in 1931 and operated until 2007 following the death of its long-time owner, Reginald “Reggie” Chan, the year before. At the time of its operation, this was one of the few inexpensive Chinese food options in the East Village. The restaurant sported its signature vintage neon sign with the words “Chow Mein,” which has since been removed. In 1941, Jade Mountain hosted a lunch for refugees of the Spanish Civil War, at which Pete Seeger had his first performance. Seeger would go on to become an influential singer, songwriter, and civil
rights and anti-war activist.
-R. Scudder