Two sided neon can, made for neon but that’s long gone. 7 ft x 1 1/2 ft x 2 1/2 ft. I bought this to repurpose the sign for something else, but was told this was a popular bar in the theater district at one time. Now demolished for more condos. This is located in NYC. The demolition of McHale’s is still lamented by Broadway’s stagehands and by those cool enough to grab a beer with Broadway’s stagehands. This beloved theatre bar stood on the northeast corner of 46th Street from 1944 to 2006, feeding the city juicy burgers and providing a watering hole not just for stagehands but also for nearby firefighters, blue collar workers and other local professionals. This was the bar to go to if you were really in the know. Stars would sit, unbothered, amongst other Broadway workers, cheering on the same baseball game, clinking glasses of beer. McHale’s was always bursting at the seams between shows on matinee days and after shows every day of the week. Run by the same family since the 1950s, McHale’s boasted a long wooden bar that came from the 1939 World’s Fair. When the bar first opened, it was called the Gaiety Café, but by the 1950s, it was McHale’s. When the spot was designated as the place for a new towering glass apartment building, appropriately named the Platinum, McHale’s was ousted. Its famous neon sign now has a home inside Emmett O’Lunney’s, an Irish bar on 50th Street, but the rest of McHale’s only lives on in the memory of those who loved it. The item “Vintage neon sign mchales nyc” is in sale since Friday, October 26, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Advertising\Merchandise & Memorabilia\Signs\Original\1930-69″. The seller is “acanofbees” and is located in Austin, Texas. This item can’t be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.
