by Lynne Rostochil. One of our most-popular-ever Mod Blogs centered around the House of Good Taste, a model home designed by internationally renowned architect, Edward Durrell Stone, that was featured at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. Local developer, Stanley Brown, was so enamored with the open-plan, one-level home that he decided to recreate it […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil. By the late 1950s, residential development was going strong all over town and one of the fastest growing neighborhoods was Coronado Heights, developed by James W. Reedy, R.W. Arnold, and Roger Brawley. The three envisioned a charming neighborhood comprised of over 500 homes with different architectural styles, which would […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Along a stretch of hillside on Quail Creek Road sits a cluster of four split-level homes on the golf course that I’ve adored for years. So, when I drove by an estate sale at one of them, I couldn’t wait to pull over and check it out. How completely charming is […]
by Lynne Rostochil It’s hard to believe that we’re at the end of another year, but here we are and that means it’s time to take a look back and recap our favorite Mod Blogs of 2018. Here we go! 1964: The Year of the Sonic Boom This post was certainly one of the most […]
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 […]