Uptown is a

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in Wichita,

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. A mixed commercial and residential area, it is located in the east-central part of the city.

Geography

Uptown is located at (37.69, -97.304444) at an elevation of . It consists of the area between Central Avenue in the north and Douglas Avenue in the south and between Grove Street in the west and Hillside Street in the east. Uptown borders The Elm neighborhood to the north, College Hill to the east, East Front to the south, and New Salem to the west.

Government

For the purposes of representation on the Wichita City Council, Uptown is in Council District 1. For the purposes of representation in the

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, Uptown is in the 29th district of the

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and in the 84th district of the

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Media

The offices of ''The Community Voice'', a newspaper aimed at the local

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community, are located on East Douglas Avenue in Uptown.

Parks and recreation

The City of Wichita’s Park and Recreation Department maintains one park in the neighborhood, Chautauqua Park. Converted to a park from a house lot in 1999, it is on the 200 block of North Chautaqua Street just south of a bicycle/pedestrian path that runs from Lorraine to

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several blocks west of Uptown. The park includes a children’s playground.

Transportation

All the main streets in Uptown run along its periphery: Central Avenue, which runs east-west along its northern border; Hillside Street, which runs north-south along its eastern side; Grove Street, which runs north-south along its western side; and Douglas Avenue, which runs east-west along its southern border.

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offers bus service in Uptown on its 21, 24, and 25 routes. On Fridays and Saturdays, the Douglas route of the free Q-Line trolley also services the neighborhood.

References

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