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In Memoriam: Buildings We Lost in 2017 … and a Few Saves, Too

by Lynne Rostochil.  Vintage photos from the History Center collection, modern-day photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. Every year, more and more of our iconic mid century buildings are coming down to make way for new development and while it’s not always a bad thing, sometimes we lose some real gems.  Here are a […]

Penn Square: Oklahoma’s First Modern Shopping Mall

by Lynne Rostochil, photos from the OPUBCO collection at the History Center, Oklahoma Historical Society, Kynda Houara, and Russell Pace, Jr.  Ads from The Oklahoman archives. We’ve had such an interesting conversation on the Okie Mod Squad page on Facebook about Penn Square that I thought I’d put all of that info together with vintage […]