The Land
Walking Old Riverside: The Wichita Neighborhood That Wouldn't Be Demolished
Sixty years of preservation fights on the bend of the Little Arkansas.
The Arkansas River and the Shape of Wichita
How a wide shallow river decided where the city went and where it stopped.
Delano: The West-Side Town That Wichita Annexed
Saloons, brothels, and the bridge that ended a century of rivalry.
College Hill: Bungalows, Boulevards, and the Streetcar That Built Them
How an early-twentieth-century streetcar line shaped a neighborhood.
Old Town and the Question of What Brick Means
Warehouses, repurposed lofts, and the long argument about preservation.
Cheney, Goddard, Andale: Three Small Towns West of the City
Driving the K-54 corridor, and what's still there.
The Flint Hills Beyond El Dorado
The last large unplowed prairie in North America, two hours east.
Why the Grain Elevator Still Means Something
Concrete cathedrals on the Kansas horizon, and what they were built to do.