by Lynne Rostochil. After the war, developers of suburban neighborhoods began gobbling up farmland far from the city center and churning it into sapling-lined streets packed with picturesque homes for veterans eager to spend their hard-earned GI Bill money. As more people moved away from the hubbub of the inner city, shopping centers, restaurants, and […]
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, click a link to read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. In the last installment of our trek down 23rd from Lake Overholser […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Photos by John Margolies courtesy of the Library of Congress. Other photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. I can’t wait to show you the rest of the Oklahoma photos by prolific roadside architecture and sign photographer, John Margolies that I found on the Library of Congress website. So, let’s get started! […]
by Lynne Rostochil Recently, I was asked to talk about mid-century modern architecture in the Founders District for the neighborhood’s first-ever Heritage Night, and I thought I’d share the presentation with the Mod Squad, too. Enjoy! In 1961, the United Founders Life Insurance Company bought a 60-acre tract west of May and north of NW […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Photos from the OPUBCO collection at The History Center. Oklahoma City was home to quite a few drive-in movie theaters during their mid-century heyday but none was more fantastically modern than the incredible North Penn Twin at NW 122nd and Pennsylvania. In 1961, the Bartons, who owned over a dozen indoor and […]
by Lynne Rostochil What’s better than watching an old movie on TV and being surprised by a great bit of funky modern design or great mid-century architecture? Not much, I say. Well, that’s just what happened when I tuned into Turner Classic Movies (TCM) last week to watch an independent little movie about nuclear annihilation […]