text and photos by Lynne Rostochil. Last Saturday, the 16th annual AIA architecture tour took place, and if you missed it, you missed seeing some pretty incredible buildings that ranged from a 1930s Streamline Moderne home to an old automobile building to a brand new school in Edmond. Here are a few of the highlights: […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Photos by Charlie Merida and Lynne Rostochil. (Charlie’s are the lighter images and Lynne’s are the darker ones.) One of OKC’s most interesting buildings has hit the market for the first time in nearly 20 years. The old Nuway Cleaners building at NW 31st and May was a rare multi-use project […]
by Lynne Rostochil, vintage photos of the Temple of the Rainbow Girls from the OPUBCO collection at The History Center, vintage photos of the Masonic buildings in Guthrie courtesy Bill Gumerson, current-day photos by the author One of my favorite pastimes is getting up early on a Saturday morning, grabbing my camera, heading with […]
by Robyn Arn, vintage photos from Kynda’s Fritzler-Knoblock brochure (taken by Bob Bowlby), current-day photos by Lynne Rostochil Last year I had the good fortune to find Kynda Knoblock Houara through social networking. She’s the daughter of Robert C. Knoblock who, with Donald Lee Fritzler, opened the fabulously creative firm Fritzler-Knoblock and Associates in […]
by Lynne Rostochil If you missed our Mod Squad gathering devoted to all things Founders Tower last Friday, don’t despair. This week and next, I’m posting the presentation in its entirety and will also add even more photos that weren’t in the slideshow for you to lust over. This week, let’s take a look at the firm behind […]
by Lynne Rostochil (booklet from her collection) The other day, I was scanning some information about the history of NW Classen High School for a friend and thought you might like to have a look at it, too. The school, designed by Hudgins, Thompson & Ball, opened in time for the 1955-1956 school year and was […]