Delano was a wild area filled with saloons, brothels and gambling before 1880, when it was officially incorporated into Wichita, but fast-forward a century to 1980, when Jack Kellogg moved his Hatman Jack’s Wichita Hat Works there, and Delano was wild for another reason. “You could have (put) a rock-crushing plant next door to me, and no one would bat an eye,” Kellogg said of the lack of zoning for the area. Today, Delano is an eclectic mix of distinctive retail shops, restaurants and a growing number of business offices. Then there’s the new Riverfront Stadium that’s attracting much potential development and keeping city officials and major developers laser focused on the burgeoning area.
Source: Wichita Eagle
