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Downtown Wichita. / 37.68889°N 97.33611°W / 37.68889; -97.33611. Downtown Wichita is the central business district, government and social core of the Wichita metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is home to several of the area's major landmarks and event venues including the Epic Center, Century II Performing Arts ...
GNIS ID. 473862 [3] Website. wichita.gov. Wichita ( / ˈwɪtʃɪtɔː / WITCH-ih-taw) [10] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. [3] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. [5] [6] The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. [8]
Wichita became the scene of a robbery and mass murder in 2000. Brothers Jonathan and Reginald Carr robbed, raped, and killed five people. In August 1976, Michael Soles, an unemployed welder from Sand Springs, Oklahoma, set up a sniper position on the roof of the Holiday Inn Plaza, then the tallest building in downtown Wichita. Over the course ...
Epic Center. / 37.69028°N 97.33861°W / 37.69028; -97.33861. The Epic Center is a high-rise building or skyscraper located at 301 N. Main St. in Wichita, Kansas. At 320 feet (top floor)/385 feet (tip), [2] it is the tallest building in the state of Kansas. The tallest structure in the state is the KWCH 12 Tower which stands 1,504 feet ...
Website. century2.com. Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center is a performing arts and convention center in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is located between Douglas Street and Waterman Street near the east bank of the Arkansas River in downtown Wichita. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
Old Cowtown Museum is an accredited history museum located in Wichita, Kansas, United States.It is located next to the Arkansas River in central Wichita. The Museum was established in 1952, and is one of the oldest open-air history museums in central United States with 54 historic and re-created buildings, including a period farm and out-buildings, situated on 23 acres of land off the original ...
Orpheum Theatre (Wichita, Kansas) / 37.6881000°N 97.3353222°W / 37.6881000; -97.3353222. The Orpheum Theatre is a historic theater in downtown Wichita, Kansas, United States. It was designed by renowned theatre architect John Eberson with funding from a group of local investors and opened on September 4, 1922.
1974. The Keeper of the Plains is a 13.4 metres (44 ft) Cor-Ten steel sculpture by Kiowa - Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin. It stands at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers in Wichita, Kansas, adjacent to the Mid-America All-Indian Center. Surrounding the base of the statue are multiple displays which describe the local ...