Under the direction of Charles Dillingham, the Hippodrome was the largest and most successful theater in New York. The Hippodrome featured lavish spectacles complete with circus animals, diving horses, opulent sets, and 500-member choruses.

Aug 14, 2024 · The Hippodrome belonged to an earlier era of New York City. But through the tributes to that era and that theater, we can become more attuned to the layers of history that echo through present-day buildings like the trumpeting of elephant ghosts.

Opened in 1905, the Hippodrome on Sixth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets was billed as the largest theater in the world, seating 5,200 with a stage twelve times larger than any Broadway counterpart.

Aug 10, 2016 · Two photographers discover the history of the Hippodrome Theater. From the outside, 1120 Avenue of the Americas appears to be an ordinary building—an anonymous edifice in Midtown's sea of glass towers.

The Hippodrome Theatre opened on April 12, 1905 with “A Yankee Circus on Mars”. Built and operated by Fred Thompson & Skip Dundy, it was a massive 5,697-seat theatre presenting spectacular shows.

The Hippodrome Theatre (aka New York Hippodrome, 1933) stood in New York City from 1905 to 1939, at 6th and 43rd/44th, on the site of what is now a large modern office building known as "The Hippodrome Center" (1120 Avenue of the Americas), in the Theater District of …

For over two decades the Hippodrome was the largest and most successful theater in New York; its scale wouldn’t be replicated until the construction of the Roxy Theatre in 1927.

The New York Hippodrome was located on a lot between Sixth Avenue and the 43rd and 44th streets. The site was two blocks from Bryant Park and the Public Library of New York (built between 1897 and 1911), two avenues from Grand Central (1903-1913), and one avenue from Times Square (New York Times building was built between 1903 and 1904).

The Hippodrome Theatre also called the New York Hippodrome, was a theater in New York City from 1905 to 1939, located on Sixth Avenue between West 43rd and West 44th Streets in the...

The Hippodrome Theatre also called the New York Hippodrome, was a theater in New York City from 1905 to 1939, located on Sixth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan.