The spotlight is dimming on one of Wichita’s iconic stages.The nearly 100-year-old Crown Uptown Theatre, nestled in the heart of College Hill, is back in the spotlight after the city of Wichita debates the theater’s status as a historical landmark. On Tuesday, July 15, the City Council “considered” whether the landmark theatre should be placed on the city’s historical registry.
They ultimately failed to register the building as historical.
Owner Mike Brown filed for a permit to tear it down months ago; his course of action came shortly after the Wichita City Council denied his request to more than double the venue’s seating capacity from 850 to 2,066…