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Where's The Best Place in Marin to Watch the New Bay Bridge Light Sculpture?

Let us know where you'll watch the new "The Bay Lights," an installation of about 25,000 LED lights on the Bay Bridge by artist Leo Villareal. The sculpture was unveiled Tuesday night.

Restaurants along San Francisco's eastern waterfront were all booked up in advance of Tuesday's unveiling of a new light sculpture on the western span of the Bay Bridge.

In Marin, people will be able to see the lights from parts of, Mt. Tam, Strawberry Point, Sausalito and possibly portions of China Camp, to name a few spots. If you have other places in mind, please share them in the comment section!

"The Bay Lights," an installation of about 25,000 LED lights by artist Leo Villareal, was turned on at about 9 p.m. Tuesday. The event caused a frenzy of activity at restaurants that might otherwise be calm on a mid-week night.

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"We had to turn down hundreds of people," said Duane Stinson, general manager at Sinbad's Seafood Restaurant directly adjacent to the Ferry Building on The Embarcadero.

"There's been tons of people asking about it," Stinson said, saying the light sculpture will be "a great plus for the city and the whole waterfront."

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The lights, which will remain on the Bay Bridge for two years, will not be visible to drivers on the bridge.

They were mounted over the past several months on the vertical cables of the western span and will be on for about seven hours each night, organizers said.

The $8 million project is being privately funded but is still about $2 million short of that amount, Zamost said.

People can donate online at www.thebaylights.org. The site also contains recommendations for where to view the lights and a link to a live webcast of tonight's ceremony.

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