#bartlesville

[thesaurushouseofdesign]

Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma (1952-1956)

The Price Tower is a nineteen-story, 221-foot-high tower built in 1956 and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

It is the only realized skyscraper by Wright, and is one of only two vertically oriented Wright structures extant; the other is the S.C. Johnson Wax Research Tower in Racine, Wisconsin.

The Price Tower was commissioned by Harold C. Price of the H. C. Price Company, a local oil pipeline and chemical firm.

It opened to the public in February 1956.

[frenchcurious]

Price Tower (Bartlesville, Oklahoma) by Frank Lloyd Wright. - source Emilio Vigil-Vazquez via Frank Lloyd Wright Nation.

[oc45]

I was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. My dad's family comes from Copan, Wann, Claremore and Dewey. We only lived in Bartlesville for a year after I was born, but my heart goes out to everyone in Barnsdall and Bartlesville who are dealing with the aftermath of the tornado. I hope life can get back to "normal" soon.

[unteriors]

S Hickory Ave, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Oil Well in Bartlesville, OK, US

American vintage postcard

[cgclarkphoto]

Price Tower Bartlesville Frank Lloyd Wright -  cg photography

[mstornadox]

Another ruling in support of drag shows! Add this one to Kane’s list.

Erin Reed at Erin In The Morning:

Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, a federal judge appointed by President George H. W. Bush, has blocked Texas A&M University from banning drag events on campus. The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the student-led LGBTQ+ group Queer Empowerment Council, which had hosted the annual “Draggieland” event for five years without incident. In her decision, Rosenthal found that drag is a protected form of artistic expression under the First Amendment, and that Trump’s executive order targeting so-called “gender ideology” cannot supersede students’ free speech rights. “Performances by men dressed as women are nothing new. Men have been dressing as women in theater and film for centuries. It is well-established among scholars of Shakespeare’s literary works that, when his plays were written and performed, female characters were played by young men dressed in women’s attire. See Royal Shakespeare Company, Women on Stage…” the court wrote, before concluding that the drag show qualified as protected First Amendment conduct: “The theatrical performance and the explicit discussion of the intended message are both protected under the First Amendment.” [...] The judge was not persuaded. In a separate line of argument, the state stated that the university had to ban the show because it promotes “gender ideology,” which it claimed was prohibited under a recent Trump executive order. “Given that both the System and the Universities receive significant federal funding, the use of facilities at the Universities for Drag Show Events may be considered promotion of gender ideology in violation of the Executive Order and the Governor’s directive,” the state wrote. The judge pointed out the clear contradiction in the state’s argument—on one hand, claiming the drag show ban had nothing to do with speech or expression, and on the other, arguing that the show’s expressive content warranted the ban. “The Board’s contention that drag shows, and Draggieland, are not expressive conduct directly contradicts the Board’s simultaneous assertion that drag performances promote an ideology,” the judge wrote.

Texas A&M’s ban on drag was rightly blocked by Judge Lee H. Rosenthal.

See Also:

The Advocate: Texas A&M's drag ban blocked by federal court as judge cites free 'speech rights'

LGBTQ Nation: A federal judge shut down a university that tried to ban students from holding a drag show

[littlesansabird]

Oklahoma City Natural Stone Pavers Landscape

This is an illustration of a fire pit in a medium-sized traditional backyard stone landscaping.

[rejectedshelf]

Landscape Oklahoma City This is an illustration of a fire pit in a medium-sized traditional backyard stone landscaping.

[britishchick09]

a new senpai pic from fb! :D

This photograph was taken on May 25, 1940 in the Maire Hotel, now City Hall, of Grady Lewis, Robert Wadlow and Don Lockhard. Robert Wadlow was, at that time, the tallest man in the world. Other members of the National Champion Phillips 66ers Basketball team are looking on.

[ungoliantschilde]

more images of Price Tower. I found these online.

Those metal chairs in the office? They were designed for Price Tower. The hotel was largely unoccupied between 1981 and 2000. Stuff was stolen or destroyed during that time, and the surviving pieces occasionally show up at auctions. One of those chairs sold for $13,750.00.

Multiple websites describe this building as Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece. That is not an overstatement.

Please share this post. Please bring attention to this beautiful part of our nation’s history and culture.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I think that this cute 1907 is a bargain. It’s in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, has 3bd  4ba and is listed for only $105K. It needs some cosmetic work and paint, but it has the coolest painted floors. See what you think:

There’s a huge living room with a fireplace and there’s the first painted carpet on the floor- I love painted floors and whoever did these carpets did a beautiful job.

Isn’t this lovely? Look at the detail and the “fringe.” There’re also some nice built-in shelves around the windows.

Unfortunately, it looks like they painted around furniture in this room, exposing a former mural. I think that this is the dining room, by the corner cabinet. But, note that there’s another painted rug. 

In this bedroom, there’s a faux stone floor. It looks there may be pocket doors, as well. 

The stripes in this bathroom are handpainted on the wall. There’s a walk-in closet off the shower room. 

The huge kitchen has cute cabinets and backsplash. There’s a half bath off the kitchen.

Look, they even painted the fan to match. 

This house is pretty big for the price, too. This next room looks like a family room.

This might be a pantry, but it looks like the current owners are in the process of putting a fresh coat of paint in that other room.

This room is very cute. They painted bricks in the fireplace and scatter rugs on the floor. 

It looks like they may be repainting this room, too. This is a very large room.

This back room has lots of storage. Looks like there may have been a washer & dryer in here. 

This vintage full bath is nice and also has a painted rug.

One of the upstairs bedrooms has large closets.

This bedroom also need some touch up. Again it looks like they painted around furniture. There’s a nice shelf that goes around the room. Would be good for books, display, or stuff.

The yard is nice and big, it has a shed, and nice little deck. 

https://www.bexrealty.com/Oklahoma/Bartlesville/1210-S-Johnstone-Ave/single-family-home/

[deepdreamnights]

The Hull of the U.S.S. Bartlesville

The Navy insists the paintings weren't there when she sank.

Prompt: a comic strip with a person and a mermaid, in the style of marvel comics, deconstructive, trompe-l'œil illusionistic detail, cracked, art frahm, frogcore, associated press photo:: full-page photoshoot in pictorial auto magazine, lemurian 35 year-old gorgeous attractive 150lbs plus-size model attractive woman, standing next to rusty sea bunker entrance

[trenchphotos1]

Do you remember that scary, OMG-we're-going-to-get-mowed-down-by-a-dozen-long-track-tornados! day back on May 6? I was on my perch, the parking garage filled to overflowing with cars, as it tends to be on such days, and so was Arianna.

She's a Ph.D. meteorology student and a regular up top on storm days. We've had many chats over the past couple of years, and I've even taken her photo during a former daily project.

This particular evening, tho, she was less sky watching and more working on a presentation that was due the following day. She sat in that spot (waiting on storms that never came*) and worked for hours. She was still there when I finally left, declining a proffered ride home even though her car was covered in blankets a few blocks away. She feels safe at the parking garage, which I get. It's a formidable structure with a perfect makeshift observation post.

I haven’t seen her since. I’m assuming the presentation went well.

*It ended up relatively quiet in Norman that evening, but obscenely late night Barnsdell and Bartlesville got hit by an EF-4 that ultimately resulted in people dying.

[tyeiz]

I'm from Barnsdall, OK originally. Though I now live about 4000 miles away. I had no idea about last night's tornado until I noticed a voicemail on my phone last night. The phone didn't ring for some reason, but I immediately checked it - my sister never calls me. "The house is gone. Everyone is okay, but the house is gone." I could hardly hear her over the background noise.

The destruction is terrible, and their house didn't even receive the worst of it.

It's lucky my dad hadn't been at work that night. He was watching the weather and as soon as he realized they were in the direct path, he got my mom, sister, niece and nephew in the car and they drove away. Thankfully, they're all fine.

I spoke to mom briefly on the phone. They were just driving back into town maybe a half hour, at most, after the hit. We didn't say much. I mostly heard them all commenting on how there was nothing left. Mom was near to tears, though from what my sister said she had been crying plenty already. I didn't stay on long because the roads were dangerous from fallen trees and chunks of peoples' homes. I didn't want to distract her from driving.

Thankfully my grandma has extra space and was able to take them in, but the neighbors across the street have nowhere to go. And I heard a family of three just down the street are stuck inside the wreckage of their house. There are search and rescue parties combing through town as I write this.

Watching the local news shortly after the tornado from a quarter world away was such a surreal moment. A reporter speaking as she waved toward houses I walked past as a child, houses of neighbors that I'd visit, businesses and churches, so many things in ruins. Just splinters in piles of debris. The flyover footage from today was was somehow even worse. The whole east side of town is gone.

I don't have anything I really want to say with this post. I just felt like I needed to speak out into the void. I'm feeling somewhat helpless that I can't be there to help them pick up the pieces. I'm not religious, but if you're the praying type, please keep the people of Barnsdall and Bartlesville in your prayers.