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Zilker Tree Gets Its Switch Flipped This Sunday

This year's Zilker Tree Lighting Ceremony takes place on Sunday evening at 6pm. Constructed using one of Austin's few remaining Moonlight Towers, the Zilker "Tree" stands over 150 feet tall, with over 3,300 individual lights connected up to a 10-foot-wide double star. Other fun facts are available here.

Photo by The Ginger Kitty on flickr

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By Allen Y Chen in on November 28, 2006 12:15 PM 0 Comments

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  • No, you're confused. They all have 'five-heads'.

  • Forest Lake

    I thought that there were 5 dudes in the Moonlight Towers when I saw them a few weeks ago at the Red Scoot Inn??? I'm confused!

  • Scrooge McDuck

    Austin, Texas: Moonlight Tower Capital of the World! [TM]

  • I believe there are 17, a few less than 19. ok.

  • pd

    DYI: Austin is the only U.S. city that still utilizes their moonlight towers...for light, not exclusively for christmas trees.

  • kenneth

    "Few remaining moonlight towers"? I think there's about 19 of them around town. That's considerably more than a "few."

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