text and photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. Vintage photos from the Oklahoma History Center and Lynne’s collection. During the Oklahoma Modernism Weekend, I put together a presentation devoted to the surprising number of domed structures scattered throughout Oklahoma to go along with a tour of the always fabulous Gold Dome. I thought I’d […]
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. If you’ve missed previous installments of this series, click a link to read Part 1 and Part 2. Today, we pick up our tour of NW 23rd at one […]
text, vintage postcards, and present-day photos by Lynne Rostochil. Other vintage photos credited within the text. Let’s pick up where we left off last week by taking a look at more of Oklahoma City’s lost signs. What a sad day it was when the iconic Carlyle Motel sign along old Route 66 came down earlier […]