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The Oriental Theater

Official name: The Ford Center for the Performing Arts
Built: 1926
Designed by: George and Cornelius Rapp
Renovated: 1996-1998 by Danien P. Coffey and Associates
Type: Skyscraper
Stories: 23
Maximum Height: 300 feet / 91 meters
Location: 24 West Randolph Street, Chicago, United States
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  • 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.

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  • 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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