by Lynne Rostochil. Photos by John Margolies courtesy of the Library of Congress. Other photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. I can’t wait to show you the rest of the Oklahoma photos by prolific roadside architecture and sign photographer, John Margolies that I found on the Library of Congress website. So, let’s get started! […]
by Lynne Rostochil With 2017 nearly in the rearview mirror, it’s time to count down our top 10 blogs of the year. I hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as we did putting them together. Here they are in no particular order: 1. OKC’s Beatnik Hangouts: The Gourd and the Buddhi — An old menu from the […]
by Lynne Rostochil. The Liturgical Arts articles and photos from the OU Architecture Library collection in Norman. Vintage images by Julius Shulman, and the modern-day photos by Lynne Rostochil. Last week, the Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture sponsored a tour of one of my very favorite buildings of all time, the glorious St. Patrick’s […]
text and most of the photos by Lynne Rostochil. Other photos are credited below. Today, we are finishing up with the Mod Home Tour that was the capper of the Oklahoma Modernism Weekend. Gray House Bush Hills Designed by Thomas Goto 1964 Bush Hills was the brainchild of developer J.A. Bush. He started advertising lots […]
by Lynne Rostochil Thanks to all of you out in Mod Squad land for making this year’s Oklahoma Modernism Weekend such a great success! Here’s a little photo recap of all of the fun on Friday and Saturday — I’ve “borrowed” some of the photos that I’ve seen on Facebook and will credit the photographers of […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Photos not credited came from doing internet searches. Several years ago, my mom gave me a pile of ephemera from her high school and young married days in the early 1960s. One piece of paper particularly interested me — a yellowed menu from a place called the Buddhi: (Lynne’s collection) I had […]