Tower Theater

MDC's Tower Theater is one of Miami's oldest cultural landmarks. When it opened in December 1926, it was the finest state-of-the-art theater in the South. It is located on SW Eighth Street and Fifteenth Avenue in Miami, Florida.
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  • Type: Movie theater
  • Description: movie theater in Miami, Florida, United States
  • Also known as: Teatro Tower
  • Address: 1508 Southwest 8th Street, Miami, FL

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Máximo Gómez Park and Bay of Pigs Museum.

Park
Maximo Gomez Park is a small park located on the historic Calle Ocho in , . The park is named after a hero of Cuba's War of Independence, Máximo Gómez.

Museum
The , also known as the Brigade 2506 Museum and Library, is the official museum in memory of the Bay of Pigs Invasion's Brigade 2506 in , Miami, Florida. is situated 1,800 feet west of Tower Theater.

School
The Coral Way Bilingual K–8 Center, built as in 1936, is a K-8 school located in Miami, Florida, United States. The school was a pioneer of bilingual education in 1963, when it began teaching through the mediums of English and Spanish with two groups of students. is situated 1 mile south of Tower Theater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Havana and Downtown Miami.

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is located just west of . Also known as the Latin Quarter, it received its name by being a Cuban neighborhood from the 1970s until the 1990s, but now consists of many Central and South Americans.

is a district in , steel-and-glass buildings have sprung up around downtown, the heart of the city. By day there's plenty of activity downtown, as suited lawyers and bankers share the sidewalks with Latino merchants wearing open-neck, intricately embroidered shirts called guayaberas.

is a historically African-American neighborhood located just north of downtown Miami and is considered part of Miami's Central District. It is also Miami’s poorest neighborhood.

Tower Theater

Latitude
25.76543° or 25° 45′ 56″ north
Longitude
-80.21967° or 80° 13′ 11″ west
Open location code
76QXQQ8J+54
Open­Street­Map ID
way 318008207
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­cinema
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7829737
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Tower Theater” goes by many names.

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Calle Ocho Walk of Fame and Latin Quarter Cultural Center of Miami.

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