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Welcome to Retro Metro OKC 2.0
It’s a tribute to the website’s original creator, Justin Tyler Moore, that we were able to cruise along for so long with a site that first debuted in 2010. The site reflected its founders, a group of people with assorted backgrounds but a shared interest in making our...
Ghosts of Oklahoma City
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil As a photographer, I love to snap all kinds of things -- people, architecture, abandonment, old cars -- but perhaps most of all I love to photograph old and weathered painted signs that grace mostly brick buildings. These...
Century Chest Then and Now
by Lynne Rostochil Last week, members of Retro Metro OKC got a sneak peek at some of the Century Chest goodies that were excavated recently from the First Lutheran Church downtown. Among the items that were so carefully packed in the chest back in 1913 were 50 copies...
The Demise of Dunn’s Dairy Queen
by Steve Lackmeyer When Dairy Queen recently announced it was returning to the Oklahoma City metro, the first response among many was “why did they ever leave?” Old timers in Oklahoma City recall when “Dunn’s Dairy Queen” was routinely a part of any post little league...
The Discoveries You Make In Vintage Design Books
text by Lynne Rostochil One of my many passions is collecting vintage architecture and design books, and one I picked up a few years ago for 10 cents at a garage sale has always been one of my favorites. The book, New Dimensions in Shopping Centers and Stores by...
Mark Your Calendars for Upcoming Meetings!
A note from Steve: I hope everyone had a happy summer despite Retro Metro OKC taking a break from its meeting schedule. This break was a good time for us to get some behind-the-scenes details addressed, and quite frankly, I was a bit overbooked with work and family...