by Lynne Rostochil. Do you ever wonder about the spaces mid century architects created for themselves? I do, too, and thought it would be fun to see where many of our favorites lived and worked over the years. Since we were so lucky to have a ton of very talented architects practicing throughout Oklahoma during […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil. By the late 1950s, residential development was going strong all over town and one of the fastest growing neighborhoods was Coronado Heights, developed by James W. Reedy, R.W. Arnold, and Roger Brawley. The three envisioned a charming neighborhood comprised of over 500 homes with different architectural styles, which would […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Photos from Lynne’s collection and the First Christian Church archives. The following is an article I wrote for the OKC Gazette that was published 5/11/16. I thought I’d include an extended version of the article along with a bunch of photos that weren’t in the paper here on the Mod Blog. […]
by Lynne Rostochil Awhile back, I was doing some online research and stumbled across the Retro Rockets blog, which is devoted to all things mid-century modern. In 2014, the blog featured several designs from the 1956 Parade of Homes Plans and #15 was OKC’s own Electri-Living House designed by R. Duane Conner — we devoted a […]