GPS City GuideLittle RockRiver Market District

Stop 3 of 21 · Little Rock audio walking tour

River Market District

River Market District · 1996 · Riverfront Revitalization and Market Hall

What you'll hear here: about 90 seconds on River Market District — how it came to be, who it mattered to, and what to look for while you're standing in front of it.

Picture the Arkansas River just ahead, where bars, shops, restaurants, and public artwork line the walkways of the River Market District around the Ottenheimer Market Hall. Lined with bars, shops, restaurants, swaths of nature, public artwork and the five historic missions, this corner of the city has been shaped into an entertainment district and a tourist attraction in its own right. At its heart is the Ottenheimer Market Hall, built in 1996 as part of the city's urban revitalization; it was refurbished in 2014 to house a number of vendors, and the city's weekly farmers' market gathers at the market pavilion.

Walk east and you'll find the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, built in 2004, along with the Cox Creative Center, the Museum of Discovery, the Bobby L. Roberts Library of Arkansas History & Art, the Riverfest Amphitheater, Riverfront Park and the Arkansas River Trail. Both of Little Rock's historic streetcar lines, the Green Line and the Blue Line, run through the district, threading transit through these attractions. Listen for the Green and Blue Line streetcars threading past the Ottenheimer Market Hall on their way toward the river and the presidential library beyond.

Where it is

Coordinates
34.74769, -92.26617
Area
River Market District
Era
1996 · Riverfront Revitalization and Market Hall
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