remove attribute display:none; so the item will be visible

The element is:

span    {
    position:absolute;
    float:left;
    height:80px;
    width:150px;
    top:210px;
    left:320px;

    background-color:yellow;

    display:none;                 //No display                  
    border: 3px solid #111;
}

I use this code to remove the display so it can be visible,

$("span").removeAttr("display");

but it does not work. Is the method I'm using valid or is there an other way to get the result?

For this particular purpose, $("span").show() should be good enough.

$('#lol').get(0).style.display=''

or..

$('#lol').css('display', '')