Riker Hill Art Park
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Riker Hill Art Park is a former Nike Missile base which has become an artistic community https://www.facebook.com/RikerHillArtParkArtists/ in Livingston, Essex County, New Jersey. Together with the Walter Kidde Dinosaur Park and Becker Park, it is a part of the Riker Hill Complex. The Art Park provides studio space for working artists in various medias including painting, ceramics, glass blowing, woodworking, and sculpture. It also has a collection of outdoor sculpture.
History
The Army closed the NY-79/80 Nike base in the mid 1970s and sold the 42 acres (17 ha) site to the county in 1974 for $1.[1][2]
References
External links
- Riker Hill Art Park Artists
- County page for Riker Hill Complex
- Riker Hill Park Conservancy
- Map of Complex
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