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. If you’ve missed previous installments of this series, click a link to read Part 1 and Part 2. Today, we pick up our tour of NW 23rd at one […]
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 […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos by Bob Bowlby, modern-day photos by Lynne Rostochil, blueprints courtesy Dr. Larson Keso. If you’re driving along NW 50th just west of Hefner Parkway, you’ve probably noticed what looks like a duo of cozy, pitched rock buildings hiding at the back of the lot behind tall, protective trees. If you’re like […]
by Robyn Arn, vintage photos from Kynda’s Fritzler-Knoblock brochure (taken by Bob Bowlby), current-day photos by Lynne Rostochil Last year I had the good fortune to find Kynda Knoblock Houara through social networking. She’s the daughter of Robert C. Knoblock who, with Donald Lee Fritzler, opened the fabulously creative firm Fritzler-Knoblock and Associates in […]