A Magazine of Popular (and Unpopular) Culture
In the early years following its incorporation in 1870, Wichita developed in fits and spurts, growing quickly from a muddy cowtown into a beacon of proper civilization on the untamed …
Wizards of Brick, Block and Stone
Long before the era of the big box store, every town in America, large and small, depended on local merchants to supply its citizens with the sundry necessities of day-to-day …
Walter Innes’ Dry Goods Dynasty
Chances are you have driven past the Occidental Hotel countless times without ever really looking at or thinking about it. The Italianate brick building on the northeast corner of Main …
A More Truly Epic Center
Modern promoters looking to book a rock concert, lawn & garden show, bridal fair, agricultural exposition, music theater production, industrial convention, sporting event, automotive exhibition, lecture or other major attraction …
Century I: The Wichita Forum
Enough time has passed since the closing of Joyland to see the maturation of a generation of young Wichitans who have neither fond memories of its creaky wooden “Queen of …
On an Island in the Sun
Douglas Avenue is the aorta to our fair city’s heart, and as such, through boom and bust and boom again, has frequently been the focus of efforts among the city …
Arches Over Douglas