by Lynne Rostochil. Photos from her collection and from Googlemaps. A few years ago, I stumbled across an estate sale in The Greens on a sweltering summer day. It was in the afternoon and the place had been pretty well picked over … until I got to the garage. There, I found boxes filled with […]
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. Last fall, the beautiful mod treehouse in Forest Park that engineer Garth Kennedy designed for himself and his family sold with all of its contents intact. Realtor Monty Milburn kindly opened the house to visitors before the house sold, and what a treat that was! View photos of the house on […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos from the History Center’s collections Even with the major drop in gas prices in 2015, the economic boom in OKC continued unabated through the year with lots of new restaurants and shops opening up all over town. While it’s always exciting to see locally owned businesses sprout […]
text and photos by Robyn Arn After my day at Cedar Rock, I left the endless cornfields of Iowa and headed across the border to Wisconsin. I had booked a room at the Pine Ridge Motel in Dodgeville which was just minutes away from Spring Green, the area Frank Lloyd Wright lovingly described as […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos by Bob Bowlby, modern-day photos by Lynne Rostochil, blueprints courtesy Dr. Larson Keso. If you’re driving along NW 50th just west of Hefner Parkway, you’ve probably noticed what looks like a duo of cozy, pitched rock buildings hiding at the back of the lot behind tall, protective trees. If you’re like […]