The 59th annual Pittsburgh Light Up Night on Friday brought thousands Downtown to watch as five massive trees were lit for the first time in the season, including the trees at PPG Place and on the corner of the Highmark building. The event, hosted by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, also offered free live music and entertainment, including a figure skating show and ice sculpture carving demonstrations.
Teddy Czypinski, 3, gets a mouthful of ice while watching an ice carving demonstration during Pittsburgh’s annual Light up Night celebration in Downtown on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)The PPG Place Christmas tree, pictured during Pittsburgh’s annual Light up Night celebration. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)A figure skater with the Robert Morris University team skates in the PPG Place skating rink. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Liam Morgan, 3, covers his ears while sitting his dad Michael’s shoulders while they watch the fireworks show and lighting of the Highmark Christmas tree. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Kailyn Marie Perez, Miss Pennsylvania USA 2019, center, waits to lead a procession of people holding lights with names of people who died from cancer . A 5-year-old boy who survived cancer lit the tree as the procession walked around the skating rink. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Angelo Caito, a 6th grader, watches a figure skating show. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)A group of people watches as the Christmas tree in PPG Place is lighted. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Tina Zucchero, center, holds her phone outward to show her daughter, Holly, the Christmas tree in PPG Place. Holly is a medical student in New York, and this year was the first Light Up Night she’s missed. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Delaney O’Shea, 18, left, and Katie Legg, 17, right, pick out necklaces at the holiday market in Market Square. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Teddy Czypinski, a Polish immigrant and organizer for a stall at Market Square’s Christmas village, stands in his shop during Pittsburgh’s annual Light up Night celebration. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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