Editing Wichita, Kansas (section)

===Neighborhoods===
{{main|Neighborhoods of Wichita, Kansas}}
[[File:Wichita pan 1.jpg|thumb|Downtown Wichita & Century II Convention Center along the [[Arkansas River]]]]

Wichita has several recognized areas and neighborhoods. The [[Downtown Wichita|downtown area]] is generally considered to be east of the Arkansas River, west of Washington Street, north of Kellogg, and south of 13th Street. It contains landmarks such as [[Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center|Century II]], the [[250 Douglas Place|Garvey Center]], and the [[Epic Center]]. Old Town is also part of downtown; this {{Convert|50|acre|km2|adj=on}} area is home to a cluster of nightclubs, bars, restaurants, a movie theater, shops, and apartments and condominiums, many of which make use of historical warehouse-type spaces.

Two notable residential areas of Wichita are [[Riverside, Wichita, Kansas|Riverside]] and [[College Hill, Wichita, Kansas|College Hill]]. Riverside is northwest of downtown, across the Arkansas River, and surrounds the {{convert|120|acre|km2|adj=on}} Riverside Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wichitagov.org/CityOffices/Park/Parks.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030814171054/http://www.wichitagov.org/CityOffices/Park/Parks.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 14, 2003|title=Wichita Nightlife and Food - WichitaGov |website=wichitagov.org}}</ref> College Hill is east of downtown and south of Wichita State University. It is one of the more historic neighborhoods, along with [[Delano, Wichita, Kansas|Delano]] on the west side and [[Midtown, Wichita, Kansas|Midtown]] in the north-central city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wichita.gov/CityOffices/Planning/Preservation/|publisher=City of Wichita  |title=Historic Preservation Main|access-date=October 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019030336/http://www.wichita.gov/CityOffices/Planning/Preservation/ |archive-date=October 19, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Four other historic neighborhoods—developed in southeast Wichita (particularly near [[Boeing]], [[Cessna Aircraft|Cessna]] and [[Beech Aircraft|Beech]] aircraft plants) -- are among the nation's few remaining examples of U.S. government-funded temporary [[World War II]] housing developments to support war factory personnel:  Beechwood (now mostly demolished), Oaklawn, Hilltop (the city's highest-density large neighborhood), and massive Planeview (where over 30 languages are spoken) -- in all, home to about a fifth of the city's population at their peak. Though designed as temporary housing, all have remained occupied into the 21st century, most becoming low-income neighborhoods.<ref name="miracle_city">{{cite journal |last=Courtwright |first=Julie |url=https://www.kshs.org/publicat/history/2000winter_courtwright.pdf |title=Want to Build a Miracle City? : War Housing in Wichita |date=2000 |journal=[[Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains]] |volume=23 |number=4 |access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref><ref name="hilltop">''[https://www.wichita.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9140/Hilltop-Neighborhood-Plan-PDF A revitalization plan for the Hilltop Neighborhood: 60 years of community in southeast Wichita]'' May 2000, City of Wichita, retrieved February 20, 2020</ref><ref name="community_shocker">Geiszler-Jones, Amy, [http://wsu.wichita.edu/the-shocker/story.php?eid=1&id=228 "Community Health,"] ''The Shocker'', [[Wichita State University]], as posted at [[University of Kansas]] retrieved February 20, 2020</ref><ref name="google_extracts">[https://digital.lib.ku.edu/islandora/object/ku-phog%253A63131/datastream/OCR/download&usg=AOvVaw01MsIj-14nU5xoLoO7K4 OCR extracts from various publications], Google, retrieved February 20, 2020</ref><ref name="planeview_edu">Tihen, Edward, [http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/local_history/tihen/pdf/People&Places/Planeview.PDF "Plainview (sic), Planeview, Beechwood,"], in ''Tihen Notes,''  Special Collections, [[Wichita State University]], retrieved February 20, 2020</ref>