by Lynne Rostochil. I always love getting a great vintage gift and my pal, Koby Click, who owns Space. 20th Century Modern, recently dropped by and presented me with a cool booklet that was published in 1969 by the long defunct Oklahoma City Times. This booklet is a treasure trove of plans and building projects […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Brochure courtesy of Robyn Arn. Today, most everyone in OKC is critical of I.M. Pei’s ambitious plan to modernize 528 acres in downtown Oklahoma City. Nearly 500 buildings, such as the beloved Biltmore Hotel and Baum Building, were demolished before the whole Urban Renewal project finally and thankfully petered out in the […]
by Lynne Rostochil Last week, I got to speak about Oklahoma’s mid-century modern architecture at the annual Oklahoma Preservation conference, which was held in lovely Enid this year. My topic was MCM Preservation Successes and Failures — fun stuff, except when I had to talk about the failures, of course. Here’s the presentation: […]
by Lynne Rostochil Again this year, AIAOCO president Melissa Hunt asked if I’d like to be one of the speakers at the annual Chit Chat, where presenters have 20 seconds to speak about each of 20 slides. Not an easy thing to do, but since I love to share my vast and, most would say, […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos from the History Center collection, current-day photos by Lynne Rostochil Over 50 years after I.M. Pei revealed his plan for a modern downtown Oklahoma City, there are few fans of the Urban Renewal project that would see over 500 buildings obliterated to create “super blocks” of high rises, shopping centers, and a […]
This week, our look at a 1964 spread dedicated to Oklahoma City in ritzy Town & Country magazine continues with a look at the now-demolished and ever-so-stylish Fred Jones house in Nichols Hills. The magazine actually profiled three Metro homes in this article, titled “Three Atmospheres,” but the Jones house is the only abode that could even remotely be considered mid-century […]