by Lynne Rostochil. Photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. Recently, I was hunting around the internet looking for a comprehensive list of all of Oklahoma’s Route 66 signs and was very surprised to find absolutely nothing. Nada. Zilch. What do you do in that case? Well, you make a list, of course. So that’s […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos, unless otherwise stated, courtesy of the Oklahoma History Center. “Now” images from Googlemaps, the OK County Tax Assessor, and Lynne Rostochil. Have you ever driven down a busy inner core street and wondered what your surroundings must have looked like “back in the day”? Well, I have, too, so I […]
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” […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil. Darn it! I hate doing posts saying goodbye to the Metro’s mid-century modern buildings, and this is the second one in a row. This time, we are bidding farewell to the small-but-sweet Bethany Library: Designed by Bethany architect and Southern Nazarene University (SNU) art professor, Ray Bowman of Bowman & […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil By the time I post this, I’m sure this lovely one-owner home on the hill will be sold. That’s how popular the open house was yesterday when hoards of Squadders, neighbors, and prospective buyers showed up to tour this rare International style delight in Bethany. Designed by Curtis Seales as his personal […]
by Lynne Rostochil Last February, we profiled some of the great renderings of Oklahoma architecture that we’ve stumbled across over the years. Well, in the last year, we’ve found another batch of great drawings that you might be interested in, so take a look. Let’s begin with this stunning rendering that Mike Brown over at RetrOKC found at […]