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Freedom Tower
Downtown Miami, Florida
The 17 story Maimi Freedom Tower was built in 1925 and it served
as the headquarters and pringtin office of the Miami Daily
News and Metropolis until 1957.
Between 1962 and 1974 the building was used an immigration
station for refugees from Cuba.
The tower was added to the United States National Register
of Historic Places on September 10, 1979.
Copyright © Kathleen Walling Fry
The Miami Freedom Tower is located at 600 Biscayne Boulevard
ion downtown Miami. The above picture was taken from
the Bayside Marketplace Marina across the street from
the tower.
Miami's Freedom Tower to be Donated to College
Excerpt from a December 2005 article:
Miami's equivalent of Ellis Island, a 17-story tower built in 1925
that laster served as an immigration station for Cubans, will be
donated to Miami Dade College.
More About the Freedom Tower
Photos of Cuban Refugees in the Freedom Tower
Wikipedia on the Miami Freedom Tower
Emporis.com on the Miami Freedom Tower
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