Freedom Tower (Miami)
The Freedom Tower (Spanish: Torre de la Libertad) is a building in Miami, Florida. It was designed by Schultze and Weaver and is currently used as a contemporary art museum and a central office to different disciplines in the arts associated with Miami Dade College. It is located at 600 Biscayne Boulevard on Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus.
Not to be confused with the Freedom Tower (New York) at the World Trade Center.Location
On September 10, 1979, Freedom Tower was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. On October 6, 2008, it was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark for its role in hosting Cubans as they fled communist Cuba for Florida following the 1959 Cuban Revolution.[3][4] On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the building on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places as the Freedom Tower / Formerly Miami News and Metropolis Building.[5]
Freedom Tower is served by the Miami Metrorail at the Government Center Station and the Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre station, as well as by the Metromover at the Freedom Tower station on the Omni Loop.
Miami Freedom Tower's cupola
Upper tower section with cupola
Westside – back side
From the Port Bridge looking west, notice Miami Arena in background before demolition in April 2007
From the Port Bridge looking west
Closeup view of the front in 2010
Front of building from Biscayne Blvd in 2016
Miami Freedom Tower at Night with Rich Purple Lighting, April 2, 2011
Maintenance on the Freedom Tower in 2010/2011, viewed from the west
Preservation and maintenance work being done on the tower in March 2011
The tower on a cloudy and rainy night
"Freedom Tower Miami New World Mural 1513". The mural's center image presents Juan Ponce de León and the Tequesta Chief Freedom Tower Miami Mural 1988, painted by Miami Artisans in 1988. Wade S. Foy, John Conroy, W Mark Coulthard, Ana Bikic.
