{"id":35296,"date":"2023-08-30T14:25:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T18:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=35296"},"modified":"2023-08-30T14:27:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T18:27:38","slug":"freedom-tower-closed-until-2025-as-it-undergoes-major-restoration-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/freedom-tower-closed-until-2025-as-it-undergoes-major-restoration-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Tower Closed Until 2025 As It Undergoes Major Restoration Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dade College\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/moadmdc.org\/freedom-tower\/about-the-freedom-tower\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Freedom Tower<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a facility where thousands of immigrants have been processed as they start their journey in the United States, is getting a facelift.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Historic Landmark has been closed since last May but is expected to reopen by 2025 for its 100th birthday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renovations will be completed using various funding streams that exceed $26 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The repairs will ensure that the Freedom Tower will be preserved, along with its historic and architectural significance,\u201d said Maria Carla Chicuen, the executive director of cultural affairs at Wolfson Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the changes will include repairing the building&#8217;s columns, shoring up the Tower\u2019s floors, modernizing its elevator system, implementing new lighting, addressing water intrusion issues that have caused flooding in the basement and improving accessibility for people with disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funding for the upgrades started filtering in in January of 2022 when the State of Florida <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/governor-pledges-25-million-to-renovate-freedom-tower\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">approved a $25 million endowment<\/span> <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">proposed by Governor Ron De Santis toward the restoration project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In January, the College received a $500,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities\u2014an independent federal agency that supports the preservation of the humanities\u2014and a $500,000 grant from the State of Florida\u2019s Cultural Facilities Program in June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The restoration project will be done by MC Harry Associates and the Thornton Construction Company, alongside Heisenbottle Architects, a company renowned for their historical preservation projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally built in 1925 by James Middleton Cox, a former Ohio Congressman, governor and presidential nominee, the Freedom Tower was intended to house his new acquisition, the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Daily News and Metropolis<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which later became the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The building\u2019s architectural framework was designed to mirror a Spanish Cathedral; its 289-foot height made it the tallest structure in the south at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the newspaper\u2019s relocation in 1957, the tower was vacant for five years. In 1962, it became a processing center for the federal Cuban Refugee Assistance Program to assist the wave of Cuban immigrants fleeing their homeland during the 1959 communist revolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tower was later pegged as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">el refugio<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the refuge) where thousands of Cubans received financial support, food, medical care and guidance to start anew on American soil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forty-six years later, it was established as a United States National Historic Landmark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It currently houses the Museum of Art and Design and the offices of the College\u2019s Cultural Affairs Department, Miami Book Fair, Miami Film Festival and Live Arts Miami.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFrom its origins as the headquarters of the acclaimed <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Daily News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to its historic role welcoming hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees in the 1960s and 1970s\u2026the Freedom Tower has honored its name as a beacon of freedom, hope, opportunity, culture, and education,\u201d Chicuen said. \u201cIt is arguably the most significant National Historic Landmark in our region.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Click<a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. For news tips, contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mdc.thereporter@gmail.com\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">mdc.thereporter@gmail.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Dade College\u2019s Freedom Tower, a facility where thousands of immigrants have been processed as they start their journey in the United States, is getting a facelift. 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