by Lynne Rostochil. Catalog from Lynne’s collection. I have a few vintage catalogs featuring new home tours, such as the Parade of Homes, so I thought I’d pull one out and share it with you. This one is from the fall 1964 Parade of Homes tour and features some great eye candy. I’m including “now” […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Each year since 1956, Architectural Record (AR) has compiled the best house designs throughout the country into one fabulous “Houses of (year)” issue. In 1968, the dramatic Sorey House in the heart of Belle Isle was among “twenty of the finest new architect-designed houses” that year. The 3,800 sf home was […]
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, photos from the OPUBCO collection at the History Center, Oklahoma Historical Society, Kynda Houara, and Russell Pace, Jr. Ads from The Oklahoman archives. We’ve had such an interesting conversation on the Okie Mod Squad page on Facebook about Penn Square that I thought I’d put all of that info together with vintage […]
by Lynne Rostochil It’s always a treat when a copy of The Chronicles of Oklahoma arrives. The quarterly journal put out by the Oklahoma Historical Society is always packed full of in-depth articles about every aspect of the Sooner State’s history, but this issue was a special treat since it profiled one of the true innovators […]
text by Lynne Rostochil, vintage photos from the OPUBCO collection at the Oklahoma History Center, present-day photos by author There’s little that signifies summer more than a bustling amusement park, where patrons get sticky hot while consuming pounds of not-so-good-for-you food and waiting in mile long lines half terrified and half giddy with delight in anticipation […]