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Our Favorite Mod Blogs of 2016

by Lynne Rostochil I don’t think that many of us are going to regret seeing the nuttiest year in memory, 2016, in our rearview mirror, but before we breathe a big sigh of relief and hope that 2017 will be kinder, it’s time to pick our favorite blogs of the year.  Here are our top […]

Buildings on the Chopping Block for 2016?

text and photos by Lynne Rostochil.  Vintage photo of Herman’s from the History Center collection, vintage photo of the Medical Tower by Bob Bowlby. If you think that 2015 was a bad year our our city’s architectural icons, 2016 might be even worse.  The dreaded “MW” (Midwest Wrecking) has been spray painted on several buildings […]

In Memoriam: Buildings We Lost in 2015

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 […]