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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 & Convention Center, Intrust Bank Arena, Equity Bank Park, Keeper of the Plains sculpture, the Old Town entertainment district, and ...
Established as one of 37 public land-grant institutions established after the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. The act was signed by Abraham Lincoln on July 2, 1862. The Morrill Act of 1862 granted each state in the United States a portion of land on which to establish a major public state university, one which could teach agriculture, mechanic arts, and military training, "without excluding ...
Eastborough, Kansas - separate city and enclave of Wichita. It is located in east Wichita. Census-designated places. McConnell AFB - It is located in southeast Wichita metro. Oaklawn-Sunview - It is located in southeast Wichita metro.
Several Wichita Transit bus routes service Delano including the 11, 12, 14, and 15 routes. [25] The Delano/Old Town and Douglas routes of the free Q-Line trolley also service the neighborhood. [26] Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad operates a freight rail line which enters Delano from the northwest and exits to the southwest. [27]
Riverside was founded in March 1886 when the Riverside Land Company, led by developer James Oakley Davidson, had the area surveyed and platted. The company intended for the new neighborhood to be Wichita's most stylish residential area and supported the construction of bridges and a trolley line to connect it to downtown.
People who travel on Kellogg past downtown Wichita have been passing the massive hotel building that sits on the south side of the highway every day for the past 51 years.
The Urbana-Champaign campus was founded in 1867 as the Illinois Industrial University. It was one of the 37 public land-grant institutions created shortly after Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act in 1862. [8] The university changed its name to University of Illinois in 1885, and then again to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1982.
Campustown is an area in Champaign, Illinois. Centered on Green Street, the district contains about eight city blocks occupied by various small businesses, restaurants, bars, and apartment buildings which mostly house university students. Campustown is located along the west side of the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign campus.