text by Lynne Rostochil. Photos by Lynne Rostochil, Sunshine Gadbury, Bob Bowlby and courtesy of KFOR and the Oklahoma History Center. It seemed that the wrecking ball in the metro area was pretty quiet for most of 2018, but when it started swinging in the fall, one iconic Oklahoma City structure after another toppled, leaving […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil, except for the first image, which is from Nathan’s listing. Vintage images courtesy of the Oklahoma History Center. I’m feeling very tranquil and at-one with nature after visiting Sqadder, Nathan’s, recently listed home on five acres along NE Grand. It was really hard to believe that I was in […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil. A few years ago, the Mod Squad was invited to tour the recently remodeled Troup-Barnes House that sits on a diagonal at the corner of Penn and Wilshire — go here to read all about it. The place was one of the few in the 1950s that was designed […]
by Lynne Rostochil. photos by Robyn Arn. It’s not very often that a nearly perfectly preserved mod comes on the market, but that is certainly the case with a very sweet and well cared for example in the much desired Venice neighborhood. Sadly for the Mod Squad (and for me personally), founding member Robyn Arn is […]
text and most of the photos by Lynne Rostochil. Other photos are credited below. This year’s Mod Home Tour was another great Oklahoma Modernism Weekend event, and I thought I’d share photos of the homes we toured for those of you who couldn’t make it. I’ve included a little history about each home and its […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil I have a real love for the ’70s — I adore the big-collared, obnoxiously pattered and colored fashions, the nutty history (think Pet Rocks), and the dance-all-night tunes. Yes, the decade seemed to have a real sense of humor, probably drug induced, about just about everything — I mean, how […]