LOWELL — A long-missing feature of Lowell’s nighttime skyline has finally returned after the twin Sun signs on top of The Sun building at 15 Kearney Square were lit up for the first time in years following a restoration project.

The project began in 2017 with an effort by the Lowell Historic Board. By this point the neon lights that had illuminated the two signs had faltered and gone dark, save for isolated sections. The signs were installed over the building in 1934, and have often been likened to the iconic Citgo sign in Boston.

While The Sun moved its newspaper operations to another nearby building in the 1960s, and left the building altogether in the 1970s, the newspaper and the new owners of the building agreed on a 99-year lease for the signs to be maintained.

As part of the resto

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