The Mode Building
The Mode Building stands at the north corner of 8th and Idaho in downtown Boise, Idaho. Completed in 1895, the building housed the Mode, Ltd., a high-end department store until 1991 when the store closed. Predecessor firm, Hummel, Hummel & Jones was hired in 1958 to rebuild and remodel the building after a fire destroyed […]
Flying the Friendly Skies
The Boise Municipal Airport as it looked in the 1950s. Note the complete lack of security, metal detectors, barriers, etc. … but plenty of ashtrays. Since commercial airfare was relatively new, airports were modeled after train and bus stations. Prior to 1969 the airport didn’t have a concourse, so passengers (and non-passengers) would walk directly […]