Union Terminal begins first phase of restoration project - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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HGC Construction will server as general contractor forthe project, which is expected to cost $9 million, including previouslyg completed roof and air conditioningh work. The first phase includes the restoration and repair of the Cincinnati Dining Room and other historic dining roomsz that are currently not open to the It includes repairsto roofing, steel columns, flashing, masonry, windows and building systems and the restoration of “The Cincinnati Dining Room, with its incredible ceilingy mural of the city layout, circa has been a favorite of the said Douglass McDonald, president and CEO of , whicj is housed in Union Terminal.
“This projectg will restore the space and will also makeadditionall historic-period dining rooms usable for communit y programs and events.” The firsf phase will be finance d by funds from the state of Ohio, the , the city of the and tax levy dollars, the Museum Center said in a news It is still trying to arrange financing for the remainde r of the project, which would repair and restore the entirer 500,000-square-foot building, which opened in 1933. The Cincinnati Museum Centet includes the CincinnatiHistorh Museum, Children’s Museum, the Museum of Natural Histort & Science, the Robert D. Lindne Family Omnimax Theater and the Cincinnati Historical Society Library.