You see it nightly and it’s become so synonymous with El Paso that it earned the Sun City a new nickname – Star City. It wasn’t always on though and it wasn’t always a star.
The star lit nightly on the southern edge of the Franklin Mountains wasn’t always a constant El Paso landmark, it wasn’t always a star and, just so you know, it’s also probably a lot older than you think it is.
Even if you do remember its days as a “Christmas only” thing…