I don’t know what West Coast, mid-century architectural genius first decided that it would be a good idea to design an apartment building and use the name of the complex as wall decoration, but it obviously caught on very quickly because you can hardly drive down a block of vintage apartment houses in L.A. without […]
photos and text by Lynne Rostochil Last Saturday, I, along with fellow Squadders Terri, Matt and Robyn, made the trek up the Turnpike to Tulsa and met up with Tulsa Modern members Shane Hood and Rex Brown (who also writes the Oklahoma Modern blog) for a tour of mid-century modern architecture in their neck of […]
photos and text by Lynne Rostochil After years of bust and stagnation, Oklahoma City has revitalized itself in a way that has made it the envy of many other urban areas throughout the country and has made this Heartland town one exciting place in which to live. One of the […]
by Lynne Rostochil Every year, the third Friday in February will find me and some of my bibliophile buddies hanging out at the Friends of the Library book sale digging through the piles upon piles of books looking for parchment treasures. We cram our large suitcases full, pay a pittance for our stacks, then go […]
Text and photos by Joshua McKinney There is not much information on the internet about architect Dean Bryant Vollendorf; there is a website called Friends of Vollendorf in his honor, but it is currently under construction. He once worked for John Randal McDonald (a Wisconsin legend with Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired designs), and he and his […]