Even as workers finished replacing the distinctive blue roof of Century II, the flying saucer of a convention center that landed in downtown Wichita in 1969, the fate of the landmark and the area surrounding it remains strangely murky. After a master plan that pushed to replace it, a grassroots campaign to save it, and political and legal fights that amounted to a battle for the future of Wichita – and the past’s place in it – five long years of discussion haven’t brought much clarity. For now, Century II has avoided the fate of its predecessor, the Forum. But its endurance seems less a victory than a stalemate, based on interviews with community members and architecture experts.
Source: KLC Journal
