Product safety group signs new Md. lease Jun 3, 2009
The 63,582-square-foot space will put the CPSC slightly closer to the District and replace the commission s current testing laboratory at the former Nike missile fire control radar site in Gaithersburg ... The CPSC was shoehorned into a series of Department of Defense building made for other purposes, said Mike McGill, spokesman for the GSA. The CPSC has occupied the Nike missile site since 1975. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
The Marine Mammal Center Begins a New Era of Marine Mammal Care with Opening of Newly Rebuilt Hospital, Research and Education Facility Jun 2, 2009
In November, 2005, the Center, which is one of the largest rescue and rehabilitation organizations for marine mammals in the country, began rebuilding its facility located on a decommissioned Nike missile site in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area ... " Highlights of The Marine Mammal Center's New Hospital: Innovative Use of Space: Among the most significant upgrades made to the Center is the transformation of one of the underground Nike missile silos into housing for a modernized water... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
New Middle School Hinges on Land Swap Apr 30, 2009
The other parcel, consisting of 17 acres of buildable land and 18 acres of environmentally sensitive property, is located to the east of the school property, adjacent to South County Secondary School, and was the location of the administrative offices for the Lorton Nike Missile site. This property is owned by FCPA and is planned for neighborhood park use. (South County Chronicle, VA)
Escape Without Leaving Apr 13, 2009
Continue up to where the trail becomes a stairway and higher toward Hill 88, a former Nike missile site. From there the view of the shimmering Pacific stretches up the coast toward Point Reyes and south past San Francisco to the San Mateo County coastline with the rolling green hills and Rodeo Lagoon and beach in the foreground. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Former missile site enthralls in the Fla. Everglades Mar 18, 2009
The missile barn where Nike missiles were stored, part of a closed Nike Hercules Missile Site, is seen in the Florida Everglades ... A personal shelter, now filled with debris, is shown at one of the Nike missile barns ... While some Nike missiles were nuclear-tipped, Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Tadd Sholtis said the weapons at the Everglades site probably weren t.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
The Bay Area's best outdoor playgrounds Mar 15, 2009
First a spot for the Ohlone Indians, then mission and settler ranchers, Coyote Hills eventually became a military Nike missile site and a biosonar research facility. It's purely a recreational park now, with room for all kinds of nature-focused activities. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
North Korean leader Kim near missile site - KCNA Feb 25, 2009
A boy looks at models of a North Korean Scud-B missile (R in the back row), a Nike missile (L in the back row) and Hawk surface-to-air missiles (R in the front row) at the Korean War Memorial Museum in Seoul February 24, 2009. (REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Cold War relic Feb 29, 2008
All told, there were almost 300 Nike missiles sites nationwide and, thankfully, no missile ever had to be fired from a Nike base. By the 1960s newer versions of Nike missiles with longer ranges required fewer bases. (The News-Herald)
Former nuclear launch site may soon be park in Waukesha Feb 19, 2008
There were eight Nike missile sites that once circled Milwaukee in the 1950s and 60s. The military stopped Nike site operations there in 1972 and the sites were taken by the city. (Winona Daily News, MN)
To preserve wildlife habitat, environmentalists are felling trees Dec 27, 2007
Some locals call the area the Nike missile site because it was short-listed as a potential site for the Cold War weapons, after the 90mm antiaircraft battery that was housed there became obsolete. Even after the Nike ended up at another locale and the battery was abandoned, the area remained an open field. (Boston Globe)
• Army Taking A Look At Site Dec 7, 2007
The property, a former Nike missile site, would become available to Middletown in 2011 or sooner, if the city agrees to take on any necessary environmental cleanup. The arrival of the center and the transfer of the Mile Lane land "start a lot of dominoes moving for us," the mayor said. (FOX61, CT)
• Science Center Marks 40 Years Dec 5, 2007
AVON At the end of narrow, winding Montevideo Road, perched high above the Farmington Valley, sat a few mountaintop buildings making up a radar tracking site for the federal government's Nike missile program. It was the 1950s and early 1960s, and the area was rural. (FOX61, CT)
Giles Run Meadow Opens in Lorton Nov 2, 2007
Talks are under [KM2]way that could lead to the addition of a sportsplex, an equestrian center and a proposed Cold War museum on a former Nike missile control site. A center for the arts, known as the Workhouse, is being constructed at another Lorton prison site about two miles away on Route 123. (South County Chronicle, VA)
Going to NYC? Check out the beaches Aug 10, 2007
On Saturday and Sunday afternoons during the summer, visitors can tour the Nike Missile radar site ... Nike Missile Radar Site ... Parking lot L. Through Aug. 19, weekend tours of the Cold War Nike Missile radar site that once guarded New York. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Beach is the bait at Sandy Hook, N.J. Jul 29, 2007
On Saturday and Sunday afternoons during the summer, visitors can tour the Nike Missile radar site. The last ferry for Manhattan leaves at 6:15 p.m. Many of the sunburned visitors will have spent the entire day at the beach, but part of Sandy Hook's interest -- and even charm -- is that it offers so much more. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Seawolf arena Jul 13, 2007
The U.S. Army is willing to save some, but not all, of the buildings at the weatherbeaten Nike missile site above Arctic Valley in the Chugach Mountains ... It is the only intact Nike missile site remaining in Alaska, and is one of only two in the nation that held live test firings ... The Nike missile installation, known as Site Summit, would make a wonderful monument to an important chapter of local history. (Anchorage Daily News)
From the Star Courier files at Kewanee Public Library Jun 14, 2007
- The Nike missile which stood until recently in Veterans Park has been returned to the Army to be placed in a museum. The Kewanee Veterans Council plans to erect a memorial to veterans of all wars in the park. (Kewanee Star Courier, IL)
New $86 M military facility for Farmingdale Jun 5, 2007
The site is a former Nike missile base that included a radar tower used to detect unidentified flying objects, an Israel aide said. . (Newsday -- Long Island)
Kincaid park timeline Apr 2, 2007
A Nike missile site is opened at the present location of Kincaid Park. The original Kincaid Park is dedicated by the Spenard Lions Club; it consists of 27 acres to the northeast of Jewel Lake. (Anchorage Daily News)
Anchorage missile site Mar 21, 2007
If you are the U.S. Army brass, Anchorage's historic Nike missile site in Arctic Valley is little more than a management headache ... For those who care about Alaska history, though, the Nike missile site is a raw gem that needs to be rescued and polished into a premier civic asset ... Fearing attacks, the military built a series of Nike missile batteries nationwide, including several to defend army posts and air force bases in Anchorage and Fairbanks. (Anchorage Daily News)
Group wants to preserve frigid reminder of the Cold War Mar 19, 2007
The Army is deciding what to do with Site Summit, a Nike missile site that kept the Soviets at bay during an era when schoolchildren routinely practiced hiding under their desks because the threat of being nuked was a very real one. One option is preservation. (Anchorage Daily News)
