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Andy Kessler Skatepark

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Andy Kessler Skatepark Street Plaza 7 2020
Andy Kessler Skatepark Street Plaza 7 2020

Andy Kessler Skatepark formerly Riverside Skatepark is a skatepark located in Riverside Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. Riverside Skatepark is notable as the first full-sized public skatepark in Manhattan, designed and built by renowned skateboarder and skatepark builder Andy Kessler.

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Andy Kessler Skatepark
Henry Hudson Parkway, New York Manhattan

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Riverside Skatepark

Henry Hudson Parkway
10115 New York, Manhattan
New York, United States
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