by Lynne Rostochil. After every Mod Home Tour, I find myself driving home with a giant smile on my face thinking that it’s the best one yet and there’s no way we can top it … and every year, I’m surprised that we pull off an even more spectacular tour with a truly amazing collection […]
by Lynne Rostochil. You find so much fun stuff on the internet! Recently, I was wasting an afternoon browsing around and stumbled across this Pick-Ups magazine. Although it sounds more like a sleazy smut periodical from years gone by, it was actually a publication put out by Western Electric that was “devoted to the development of […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil Tickets sold out very quickly for the Mod Squad’s first-ever Mod Home Tour during the Oklahoma Modernism Weekend, and we were very sad to have to turn away so many people who wanted to join in on the fun. If you missed this very fun tour, I took about […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos from Lynne’s collection. Kind of okay current-day photos by Lynne. Really great current-day shots by O’Life Photography. Today’s blog is one of those cool full circle stories…. It all started last year when I found seven photos of a mid-century house at a local antique store. From the rock […]
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 Last week, the Mod Squad was invited to tour a beautifully preserved MCM near Nichols Hills that is about to hit the market and is looking for only its third family to move in and become the home’s new caretakers: When Glen Sallis wanted to build a new home for […]