🌾 Is Crown Uptown Historic?

What does it take to be historic?

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Landon Huslig
April 04, 2025

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(1880s)

Let's get to it!

- Landon

Is Crown Uptown Historic?

Mike Brown (out of Tulsa) owns Crown Uptown Theatre and recently applied for a demolition permit of the College Hill Classic after his request to increase capacity (multiple times) was shot down (multiple times).

The Wichita City Council voted to nominate the theatre to the Wichita Historical Registry which would prevent it from being demo’d.

This narrowly passed 4-3 from the council. More meetings to come.

Do you consider Crown Uptown Historic?

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City Manager

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That's it for today! Send this to someone who loves historic buildings.

Thanks!

- Landon