by Lynne Rostochil. Modern-day photos by Lynne Rostochil, vintage photos and plans courtesy Gary McCowan. While many of us were focused on trying to save the Union Bus Station and pals in downtown the last few months, one of my favorite buildings, the old Fox & Horn restaurant, was unceremoniously demolished and no one, it seems, noticed. […]
by Lynne Rostochil (Bob Bowlby) Few Oklahoma buildings have been more beautifully designed — or more ill-fated — than the spectacular, crescent-shaped Fountainhead State Lodge on the eastern shores of Lake Eufaula. When the lake was completed in the early ’60s, state leaders decided that it would be a great idea to expand Oklahoma’s vast […]
by Lynne Rostochil (Mike Brown collection) Tourists visiting the Oklahoma City National Memorial, site of the horrific 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building, often park in a lot conveniently located across the street at NW 5th and Robinson. Little do they know that they’ve parked on the site of one of Timothy McVeigh’s […]
After seeing the brochure I have about the Lake View Country Club when it was newly built, Retro Metro OKC member, Norman Thompson, sent me his fascinating collection of ephemera from the club that dates to the 60′s and 70′s. Here’s a brief recap of some of the images in the brochure (you can find […]