text and photos by Lynne Rostochil. I know, I know, the AIA tour was a few weeks ago and I’m very late in getting this blog posted, but we’ve had a couple of great MCM homes that have hit the market recently and wanted to chat about them first. BTW, we hear that both homes […]
text by Lynne Rostochil. Photos by Lynne Rostochil, Sunshine Gadbury, Bob Bowlby and courtesy of KFOR and the Oklahoma History Center. It seemed that the wrecking ball in the metro area was pretty quiet for most of 2018, but when it started swinging in the fall, one iconic Oklahoma City structure after another toppled, leaving […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos, unless otherwise stated, courtesy of the Oklahoma History Center. “Now” images from Googlemaps, the OK County Tax Assessor, and Lynne Rostochil. Have you ever driven down a busy inner core street and wondered what your surroundings must have looked like “back in the day”? Well, I have, too, so I […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos from the History Center collection, modern-day photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. Every year, more and more of our iconic mid century buildings are coming down to make way for new development and while it’s not always a bad thing, sometimes we lose some real gems. Here are a […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Photos by Charlie Merida of Kevo Properties. Over the last year or so, many of us have excitedly watched the transformation of the former University Manor Apartments, located at 1844 NW 23rd across from OCU. Here’s what the building looked like in 2010 (from the Tax Assessor website): It’s always been a building […]
by Lynne Rostochil With the news that Bruce Goff’s Comer House in Dewey might soon find its way on the National Register of Historic Places, I thought it would be fun to compile a list of all of Oklahoma’s modern buildings that are currently on the Register. Because they are among my favorites, I’m also adding a […]