  Let $O_q[K]$ denote the quantized coordinate ring over the field
$\mathbb{C}(q)$ of rational functions corresponding to a compact semisimple Lie
group $K$, equipped with its *-structure. Let $A_0$ in $\mathbb{C}(q)$ denote
the subring of regular functions at $q=0$. We introduce an $A_0$-subalgebra
$O_q^{A_0}[K]$ of $O_q[K]$ which is stable with respect to the *-structure, and
which has the following properties with respect to the crystal limit $q \to 0$.
  The specialization of $O_q[K]$ at each $q$ in $(0,\infty)\setminus\{1\}$
admits a faithful *-representation $\pi_q$ on a fixed Hilbert space, a result
due to Soibelman. We show that for every element $a$ in $O_q^{A_0}K$, the
family of operators $\pi_q(a)$ admits a norm-limit as $q \to 0$. These limits
define a *-representation $\pi_0$ of $O_q^{A_0}K$. We show that the resulting
*-algebra $O[K_0]=\pi_0(O_q^{A_0}[K])$ is a Kumjian-Pask algebra, in the sense
of Aranda Pino, Clark, an Huef and Raeburn. We give an explicit description of
the underlying higher-rank graph in terms of crystal basis theory. As a
consequence, we obtain a continuous field of $C^*$-algebras
$(C(K_q))_{q\in[0,\infty]}$, where the fibres at $q = 0$ and $\infty$ are
explicitly defined higher-rank graph algebras.
