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Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 24 West Randolph Street, Chicago
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Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 24 West Randolph Street, Chicago
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Ford Center for the Performing Arts

Formerly: Oriental Theater
Designed by: George and Cornelius Rapp
Construction Completed: 1926
Renovated: 1996-1998 by Danien P. Coffey and Associates
Type: Skyscraper
Stories: 23
Maximum Height: 300 feet / 91 meters
 (including spires, antennae, etc...)
Location: 24 West Randolph Street
Area: The Loop
Post Code: 60601
City: Chicago, Illinois
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»The Oriental Theater is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
»1981 - The theater is so run down that it is closed to the public.
»1996 - Renovations begin.
»1998 - The theater opens to the public once again.

Did You Know?
»This is the site of the old Iriquois Theater. It burned in 1903 in one of the most tragic fires in American history. 602 people died. The building was repaired and re-opened, but was later razed, and the Oriental erected in its place.
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