Freedom Tower Archives - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/tag/freedom-tower/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 21:48:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mdcthereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/R_reporter_logo-1-125x125.png Freedom Tower Archives - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/tag/freedom-tower/ 32 32 Freedom Tower To Reopen After More Than $30 Million In Renovations https://mdcthereporter.com/freedom-tower-to-reopen-after-more-than-30-million-in-renovations/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 21:48:20 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39931 For the last century, the Freedom Tower has stood in the heart of downtown Miami as a symbol of the city’s origins and the enduring spirit of its community.
Originally built in 1925 as the headquarters for The Miami News, a now defunct local newspaper, the 289-foot structure—the tallest… Read the rest at our website.

Freedom Tower To Reopen After More Than $30 Million In Renovations

]]> Museum Of Art And Design Collecting Freedom Tower Testimonials https://mdcthereporter.com/museum-of-art-and-design-collecting-freedom-tower-testimonials/ Tue, 14 May 2024 21:43:52 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=37116 Juan Antonio González remembers when the Freedom Tower was known as el refugio—a Cuban refugee assistance center.
In 1969, a decade after his family’s dairy business was seized by Fidel Castro’s communist regime, his family immigrated to Miami, where they lived in a two-bedroom house with two other families. … Read the rest at our website.

Museum Of Art And Design Collecting Freedom Tower Testimonials

]]> Freedom Tower Closed Until 2025 As It Undergoes Major Restoration Project https://mdcthereporter.com/freedom-tower-closed-until-2025-as-it-undergoes-major-restoration-project/ Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:25:58 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=35296 Miami Dade College’s Freedom Tower, a facility where thousands of immigrants have been processed as they start their journey in the United States, is getting a facelift.
The National Historic Landmark has been closed since last May but is expected to reopen by 2025 for its 100th birthday. 
Renovations… Read the rest at our website.

Freedom Tower Closed Until 2025 As It Undergoes Major Restoration Project

]]> Governor Pledges $25 Million To Renovate Freedom Tower https://mdcthereporter.com/governor-pledges-25-million-to-renovate-freedom-tower/ Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:53:55 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=30551 The Freedom Tower, a National Historic Landmark, could be getting some much-needed renovations soon.
On Nov. 15, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that he was pledging $25 million in his proposed state budget to address some critical renovations that the building needs.
Aging and weather conditions have eroded the building’s… Read the rest at our website.

Governor Pledges $25 Million To Renovate Freedom Tower

]]> MOAD To Feature Three One-Person Exhibitions In November https://mdcthereporter.com/moad-to-feature-three-one-person-exhibitions-in-november/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:01:57 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=28897 The College’s Museum of Art and Design will present three one-person exhibitions from Nov. 6 through May 1 of 2022. The featured artists are Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Jorge Pardo and Loriel Beltrán. 
Hreinn Fridfinnsson’s, For the Time Being, will be making its American museum debut. His artwork uses minimal gestures… Read the rest at our website.

MOAD To Feature Three One-Person Exhibitions In November

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