Hippodrome Theatre
1120 Sixth Avenue,
New York,
NY
10036
1120 Sixth Avenue,
New York,
NY
10036
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The Hippodrome Theatre opened on April 12, 1905. It was a massive theatre presenting spectacular shows. Later a vaudeville and movie theatre, it was closed on August 16, 1939, and was demolished.
Seating 5,697 patrons, its scale wouldn’t be replicated until the construction of the Roxy Theatre in 1927.
Today, a plain office building named the ‘Hippodrome’ sits on the site where this massive theater once delighted thousands.
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William Gabel
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here is a very high res photo from 1905
http://www.shorpy.com/node/8145?size=_original
Beautiful shot. Note the Hotel Algonquin in the background.
Here is a photo of the Hippodrome in the 1930s
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Here’s a link to a batch of images and historical data: http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON027.htm
In its final decade, the Hippodrome was sometimes used for sporting events, such as this roller derby: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=6934
Here’s a view of a Jewish religious event at the Hippodrome in October, 1910: octaman
The Hippodrome leads off this 1926 four-page trade announcement of “The Most Significant Development in the History of Motion Pictures”: archive
1926 photo at bottom of this page shows grand opening under Keith’s management with vaudeville and movies: Boxoffice
In 1915, the great John Philip Sousa composed the “New York Hippodrome March” in the theatre’s honor: nypl
Here’s a brief sound sample of Sousa’s musical tribute to the Hippodrome: amazon