text by Lynne Rostochil. Photos by Lynne Rostochil, Sunshine Gadbury, Bob Bowlby and courtesy of KFOR and the Oklahoma History Center. It seemed that the wrecking ball in the metro area was pretty quiet for most of 2018, but when it started swinging in the fall, one iconic Oklahoma City structure after another toppled, leaving […]
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 […]
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 […]