News Anchor Crashes Parade Float

No injuries reported.

Mechanical Snowman is a Local Favorite

Local modernista may be familiar with Shane Hood, he's quite active with Modern Tulsa, the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture and the Lortondale neighborhood. He also happens to be involved with another really cool non-profit called Fab Lab.

So last week this fabulous laboratory (get it?) made an awesome parade float for the Tulsa Parade of Lights. Shane helped design this wacky snowman that drove around blowing out smoke and playing cocktail party Christmas music. It was quite a scene. Half the crowd was laughing their ass off while the other half thought it might run them over! Needless to say, it was a huge hit.

Then this morning one of the local morning shows asked them to bring the snowman by the station. The co-anchor decides she wants to drive it and... well, here's the video:

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Jackie Brown said…

Okay, now I wanna drive it too!

December 16, 2011 at 4:02 PM

Home of ORU Architect on the Auction Block

Frank Wallace is best known as the man behind the futuristic look of the Oral Roberts University campus. On October 14, 2010 his unique home overlooking ORU will be sold in a public auction conducted by Mister Ed's Auctions . Jackie and I recently had a chance to visit with Mr. Wallace and learn more about the house, his career and his thoughts on architecture. When we visited we expected to snap a few photos of an empty house and speak with a representative from the auction company. To our surprise the door opened, and we were greeted by Mr. Wallace himself! After assuring him we were not architects, he let us look around. Unfortunately we were not prepared to interview the man whose buildings incite such extremely diverse reactions- but that didn't stop me from asking him several questions anyway. The home, completed in 1980, was designed and built by Wallace who is now 87. The expansive home is so large that Wallace spends most of his time in a room that was his la...

The World Museum

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Visit to the Prairie Chicken House

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