Wichita City Map Poster

About this print

Wichita map poster

Wichita grew up where the Arkansas River meets the Little Arkansas, and the city still organizes itself around that confluence. This print maps Wichita as a street network: the long, steady grid of a prairie city, broken by the curve of the river and the neighborhoods that spread outward from downtown. For anyone who learned to drive on these roads, commuted across the river every morning, or simply knows the place as home, the shape of the city tends to be instantly familiar.

The Painted Survey edition treats the map as a piece of wall art rather than a reference document. It is a design style, so the result has the soft, layered feel of a painted surveyor's sheet while being produced digitally like every RadMaps print. It suits a living room, a hallway, or an office where a little local pride fits in, and it sits comfortably alongside photographs, other maps, or plain walls. As a decorative piece it is meant for looking at, not for finding the way to anywhere.

Wichita is often called the Air Capital of the World for its long history in aircraft manufacturing, and it is the largest city in Kansas. Those facts live in the background here. In the foreground is simply the city's layout, the kind of view that brings back particular corners, old apartments, favorite drives, and the river running through it all. It makes a thoughtful gift for someone who moved away from Wichita, someone who just arrived, or someone who never left.

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Route details

Location

Kansas, United States

Collection

Cityscapes