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 […]
by Lynne Rostochil With the news that Bruce Goff’s Comer House in Dewey might soon find its way on the National Register of Historic Places, I thought it would be fun to compile a list of all of Oklahoma’s modern buildings that are currently on the Register. Because they are among my favorites, I’m also adding a […]
We continue our look at the 30-year-old AIA Membership Directory I found at the Friends of the Library book sale a couple of weeks ago. Along with the top 10 buildings in the state, the directory lists all of the 1983 award-winning designs. If you know where any of these are, drop a line on […]
by Lynne Rostochil The third Friday of February is, hands down, my favorite day of the year because it’s opening day of the annual Friends of the Library book sale. Among the piles upon piles of art and architecture tomes, fiction and non-fiction bestsellers, mysteries, romance novels, and cookbooks, I usually find a few treasures […]