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By Michael Barnes
| Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 05:46 PM
Ever wonder who lent Zilker Park its name? This is from the Handbook of Texas online:
Huh. Anyway, Zilker Park, cooled by ice or not, won the A-List vote for Best Park by a wide margin, beating “nudity may be happening” Hippie Hollow 51 percent to 10 percent. Barton Creek Greenbelt — to some an extension of Zilker Park — zipped into third with 8 percent.
Pine-studded Bastrop State Park followed with 7 percent, then Auditorium Shores and Pace Bend tied with just under 5 percent. Voters gave 4 percent or less to McKinney Falls State Park, Bull Creek Park, Umlauf Sculpture Garden, Waterloo Park, Republic Square and Rollingwood Park.
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By Michael Barnes
October 18, 2009 2:11 PM | Link to this
Your absolutely right, Captain Ron. Sharp eye. Took readers six weeks to catch that one before it was replaced with this map. Appreciated. Curiously, if you Google Zilker Park for images, it's the second one that comes up and is posted on a City of Austin page. Reading the text helps.
By Captain Ron
October 18, 2009 12:19 PM | Link to this
That photo you used is not of Zilker Park, that is the pedestrian bridge across the mouth of Shoal Creek on the North side of Lady Bird Lake.
By Chris Saad
September 5, 2009 7:52 PM | Link to this
Zilker has a lot of open land, the best location, an incredible view of the downtown Austin skyline, Barton Springs and ACL. Its hard to compete with that. Oh yeah, did I mention the greenest the grass?
By Proctor Anderson
September 4, 2009 9:38 PM | Link to this
I've played many a games of kick ball at Vilker. Love it. Once it gets a little bit cooler it will be perfect for Saturday afternoons.
By Trisha C.
September 4, 2009 11:32 AM | Link to this
I love going to Zilker park. But, wow, I never even thought, "Where did the name Zilker come from?" Insightful information.
By Ryan Lester
September 2, 2009 10:36 PM | Link to this
It's great to see Zilker Park win this category. It's a great place to go on a cool afternoon and just relax or study. It's a beautiful place, and Barton Springs is right in the vicinity. I haven't been there in months. I need to get in the car one day and just go there for a few hours.