Crestview Park is a small neighborhood park in

North Little Rock, Arkansas North Little Rock (often abbreviated "NLR") is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Located on the north side of the Arkansas River, it is the Twin cities, twin city of Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock. In the late nineteenth ce ...

. It is roughly bounded by Cherry Hill Drive, Crestview Drive, and the westbound onramp to

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from

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. The park, set on a steeply sloping parcel, has no major amenities, and was established for passive recreational uses of the nearby population. The park is notable for the presence of two naturalistic sculptures by

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that were installed . One is a footbridge that appears to have been fashioned out of a fallen tree, and the other is rustic shelter, one of Rodriguez' more unusual works. The artwork within the park was listed on the

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in 1986. Crestview Park, Concrete Shelter.JPG, Concrete Shelter at Crestview Park Crestview Park, Concrete Bridge.JPG, Concrete Bridge at Crestview Park

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Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Buildings and structures completed in 1933 Protected areas of Pulaski County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in North Little Rock, Arkansas Historic district contributing properties in Arkansas Parks established in the 1930s 1933 establishments in Arkansas {{PulaskiCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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