Entertainment center, east coast gambling mecca, budding resort destination, home to the famous (and intact) boardwalk and more, Atlantic City, NJ adds another description as public arts booster with the unveiling of a new arts park in two exhibition sites.

These photos from site 1 (“Pinnacle”) on a former empty lot at the world-famous Atlantic City Boardwalk at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Pacific and Kentucky avenues highlight some of the works visitors can interact with and enjoy (for free from dawn to dusk) including:

• Landscape design by Balmori Associates
• Words by Robert Barry
• A Woman and Deer by Kiki Smith
• And a Pirate Ship by Ilya and Emila Kabakov
• Art curation by Lance Fung Collaboratives