Lortondale home tour this weekend, june 13

[mobboss]

http://www.moderntulsa.net/2009/05/31/living-in-hifi-lortondale-home-tour-june-13th/

"Living in HiFi" will be an annual modern home tour hosted by the Modern Tulsa committee of the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture. Focused on mid-century modern residential architecture, the tour will seek to promote an awareness and the preservation of this oft-overlooked and dismissed style of architecture.

"Living in HiFi" will premiere June 13th in the historic Lortondale Neighborhood. See photos of Lortondale.
Designed and built in 1954 by Tulsa duo Donald Honn (architect) and Howard Grubb (builder), the Lortondale Neighborhood was the recipient of a multitude of national design awards. The neighborhood was featured in an array of magazines including House and Home and Better Homes and Gardens.

In recent years Lortondale has experienced something of a rebirth. A new generation of homeowners, interested in modern design, are snapping up the houses just as fast as they come on the market. After decades of neglect, many of the houses in the neighborhood are being restored to their former modern glory. Most importantly, the Lortondale Community is experiencing the same restoration.

This year's tour seeks to convey the energy that is the Lortondale Neighborhood today. Featured are 6 houses in various stages of completion. From the beginning stages of a restovation to a virtually complete example of HiFi-modern bliss, this tour of Lortondale will show you what all the buzz is about.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 day-of. The tour will take place from 5:30 - 8:30 with an after party lasting from 8:30 -?

Tickets are available for purchase at the following locations:

Dwelling Spaces
119 South Detroit

Urban Furnishings
3636 South Peoria

Ida Red Boutique
3346 South Peoria

Tulsa Foundation for Architecture
2210 South Main

hope to see you there!

[Conan71]

Where's Lortondale?

[TURobY]

Is anyone on the forum displaying their house?

[Conan71]

I know Mobboss' home is on it, not sure about Hoodlum or Steve and I'm not sure if Dustin Thames posts on here or not (the after-party is at his house).  Those are the only other TN members I know for certain to be regulars on here.  Mine is not, but I do plan on taking the tour.  I wish it had been before I started the reno on mine to get some ideas, but there's still plenty left to do even when I get moved in.

[guido911]

There's a lot of talk (actually bashing) about south Tulsa neighborhoods being "cookie cutter" and unoriginal. Serious question, at one point wasn't Lortondale a "cookie cutter" neighborhood? I used to run through that neighborhood about ten years ago and noticed that those homes looked alike (but it still was a great neighborhood).

[PonderInc]

Lortondale is in the area just east of Yale and about 26th Street.  Glad they're doing  a tour.  I went on the Mid-Century Modern tour when the NTHP conference came to town.  It gave me a lot more appreciation for our "atomic age" architecture. 

[jne]

I may try to make this.  Where does the tour start (assuming I can buy a walk-up ticket)?

[Conan71]

There's a lot of talk (actually bashing) about south Tulsa neighborhoods being "cookie cutter" and unoriginal. Serious question, at one point wasn't Lortondale a "cookie cutter" neighborhood? I used to run through that neighborhood about ten years ago and noticed that those homes looked alike (but it still was a great neighborhood).

Steve should be replying to this, but there were essentially four floor plans as I recall.  All had minor modifications from others to make them semi-unique.  My floor plan seems to be more of a one off as it was one of the very last built.  for instance, I don't have one "great room" with a circular flow around the kitchen, furnace, water heater, and entry closet.  I've got separate living and dining areas.  Many also had back-to-back bathrooms to save on plumbing materials.  My bathrooms are on opposite sides of the house.

This is a good read for anyone who is interested or would like to gain a little better historical perspective on it:

http://www.lortondale.com/

[PonderInc]

I may try to make this.  Where does the tour start (assuming I can buy a walk-up ticket)?

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 on the day of the tour (buy a ticket at any home on the tour).

Homes on the tour:
4912 E. 26th Terrace
5331 E. 26th Pl.
5342 E. 26th Pl.
4953 E. 27th St.
4958 E. 27th St.
5312 E. 27th St.

The self-paced tour will take place from 5:30 - 8:30 PM, with an after-party immediately following.

Purchase advance tickets at the following locations:
Dwelling Spaces, 119 South Detroit
Urban Furnishings, 3636 South Peoria
Tulsa Foundation for Architecture, 321 South Boston, Suite #LL01

[hoodlum]

There's a lot of talk (actually bashing) about south Tulsa neighborhoods being "cookie cutter" and unoriginal. Serious question, at one point wasn't Lortondale a "cookie cutter" neighborhood? I used to run through that neighborhood about ten years ago and noticed that those homes looked alike (but it still was a great neighborhood).

I would say no...There were 7+ different floor plans, four or five different window packages, four or five masonry choices and two or three redwood siding choices, but these aren't the biggest reason they weren't cookie cutter. The biggest reason they weren't cookie cutter house is that there were only 275+ built in the last 56 years as opposed to tens of thousands of the basically the same house replicated by different builders all over south Tulsa, Owasso, BA and Jenks. To me a cookie cutter house is one that is replicated subdivision by subdivision and the design stays the same across builders as they are replicated at an amazing almost assembly line speed.