J. Eric Lynxwiler

Urban anthropologist J. Eric Lynxwiler is a Board Member of the Museum of Neon Art (MONA) and, 22 years running, the affable host of its nighttime Neon Cruise which takes guests on a convertible double-decker bus from downtown Los Angeles to Hollywood and back. For the Museum of Neon Art, he has saved numerous neon signs from the wrecking ball. Downtown LA preservationists know him as an LA Conservancy docent for the Broadway theater district and he hosts walking tours of Wilshire’s Miracle Mile district for the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles. Lynxwiler is the co-author of three books of local history: Spectacular Illumination: Neon Los Angeles 1925-1965; Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles; and Knott’s Preserved: From Boysenberry to Theme Park, The History Of Knott’s Berry Farm.