Looking for a woody escape from the urban hustle? A secluded spot where birds sing and squirrels frolic and Mother Nature never seems to shake an angry finger in your face? Not some lonesome cabin on a way-out mountainside, but a year-round kind of place, close to jobs and schools and civilization yet really, really [...]
Memorial Bend is home to one of the largest concentration of 1950s modern houses in Houston. It was 1955 when builders Howard Edmunds and Robert Puig paid $3,000 an acre for a 200-acre plot of land off of Memorial Drive. Due to a lack of funds, they enlisted the help of three investors to form [...]
Magic City Modern is one of my favorite southern blogs and while recently reading the same, I came across their post on Lakeshore Estates and wanted to share it here. The homes in this neighboorhood seem to offer a variety of styles and influences from a traditional ranch and Eichler-like (or “Likelers” as we call [...]
Wedgwood Tulsa celebrates living the mid-century modern lifestyle in Tulsa’s Wedgwood neighborhood. Established in 1955, the neighborhood has many modern ranch style homes. Many of the houses in the neighborhood still have their vintage features intact, and some residents are the original owners of their homes. Wedgwood is located between South Fulton Avenue and South [...]
Northcrest is a large subdivision that was developed from the late 50′s through the mid 70′s. Over half of the homes are Mid Century Modern in concept and execution. Since the neighborhood is between three municipalities taxes are low and the area has garnered little attention. A little known gem sparkling in the heart of [...]
