Welcome to Winter Stories 2016. We present here some of our favorite stories about houses, architects and modern homes and buidlings. Select an article from the Winter Stories by clicking on the blue link under the image. Or just start arrow down to the first story and read on. We hope you enjoy the Winter Stories 2016.
1957 PALOMITA - The Sebastian Family Cottage located in Grand Haven Township and designed by Wilifred McLaughlin for James and Audrey Sebastian. http://wmmodern.com/modernhouses/#sebastian-family-cottage-grand-haven-township
Designed by Norman F. Carver Jr. and located in Parkview Hills in Kalamazoo. Renovated by current and previous owners: http://wmmodern.com/modernhouses/#katydid-house-kalamazoosebastian
The 1954 Varsity Grill was built as a soda shop and restaurant and was recently restored by the Inner City Christian Federation. LInk here for the story: http://wmmodern.com/modernhouses/#new-page-98
1957 O'Ryan House on Mona Lake (Muskegon). First folded plate roof designed by E. John Knapp: http://wmmodern.com/modernhouses/#oryan-house-mona-lake-muskegon
E. John Knapp designed this home for William Dunlap after Dunlap visited the O'Ryan House on Mona Lake: http://wmmodern.com/modernhouses/#two-of-a-kind-dunlap-house
The first Grand Rapids Parade of Homes featured homes built on Parade Street NE, a cul-de-sac off Monroe near Riverside Park. Read about the homes and builders: http://wmmodern.com/modernhouses/#1959-parade-of-homes-1
1955 designed by Ernie King architect and GM Stylist on Argentina SE in East Grand Rapids: http://wmmodern.com/modernhouses/#griffin-house-in-east-grand-rapids
1947 A right-sized home designed in the "moderne" or International Style. Built by Grand Rapids builder Keith Pratt: http://wmmodern.com/modernhouses/#perfectlittlemoderne
The Builders and Traders Exchange Building at 822 Cherry SE was recently restored. Read more about this mid-century office building: http://wmmodern.com/modernhouses/#new-page-22
WMM hit the road to tour homes in Ogden Dunes and Beverly Shores in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. It was organized by the Indiana Landmarks. http://wmmodern.com/modernhouses/#new-page-4
Grand Rapids Press Building demolished in 2015 to make way for MSU medical research facility: http://wmmodern.com/modernhouses/#gone-grand-rapids-press-building
The Lafayette Medical Center designed by E. John Knapp is an important part of what historic preservations call the recent past: http://wmmodern.com/modernhouses/#lafayett