The River Market District (also known as River Market Entertainment District or simply as the River Market) is a city park and network of walkways along the banks of the
Arkansas River
The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United Stat ...
at
Little Rock, Arkansas
(The Little Rock, The "Little Rock")
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, United States. Lined by bars, shops, restaurants, nature, public artwork, and the five historic missions, the River Market is an important part of the city's urban fabric and a tourist attraction in its own right.
Landmarks
At its heart is the Ottenheimer Market Hall, built in 1996 as part of the city's urban revitalization project, capitalizing on the river frontage. It was refurbished in 2014 to house a number of vendors. The city's weekly
farmers' market
A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors or o ...
is held here at the market pavilion. Also within the district at its eastern end is the
William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, built in 2004; the Cox Creative Center; the Museum of Discovery; the Bobby L. Roberts Library of Arkansas History & Art; Riverfest Amphitheater; Riverfront Park and the
Arkansas River Trail.
Transportation
Both of Little Rock's two
historic streetcar
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Trains
It may concern trains that have been removed from service and later restored to their past condition, or have never been removed from service, like UP ...
lines, the Green Line and the Blue Line runs through the district.
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1996 establishments in Arkansas
Downtown Little Rock, Arkansas
Entertainment districts in the United States
Farmers' markets in the United States
Restaurant districts and streets in the United States
Tourist attractions in Little Rock, Arkansas