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Media documenting Zilker Park in Austin, Texas from the Austin Files collection. Zilker Metropolitan Park is a recreational area in south Austin, Texas at the juncture of Barton Creek and the Colorado River that comprises over 350 acres of publicly owned land. It is named after its benefactor, Andrew Jackson Zilker, who donated the land to the city in 1917.
Media documenting the Zilker Hillside Theater from the Austin Files collection. Originally created as a project of the Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department in 1959, the Zilker Summer Musical (at the Zilker Hillside Theater) continues to provide high-quality musical theater entertainment to Central Texans and visitors from around the world. Zilker Theatre Productions (formerly known as “Friends of the Summer Musical”) has been dedicated since its inception in 1987 to preserving this special gift to Austin audiences by producing the Zilker Summer Musical as well as sponsoring a variety of other community outreach and youth training programs.
