contractor: Frederick Thompson and Elmer Dundy construction firm: George A. Fuller Company
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5,300
The Hippodrome Theatre,[1][2][3][4][5] also called the New York Hippodrome, was a theater located on Sixth Avenue between West 43rd and West 44th Streets in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The theater operated from 1905 to 1939 and was called the world's largest theater by its builders, with a seating capacity of 5,300[6] and a stage measuring 100 by 200 feet (30 m × 61 m).[7] It had state-of-the-art theatrical technology, including a rising glass water tank.
The Hippodrome was built by Frederic Thompson and Elmer "Skip" Dundy, creators of the Luna Park amusement park on Coney Island, with the backing of Harry S. Black's U.S. Realty, a dominant real estate and construction company of the time,[8] and was acquired by The Shubert Organization in 1909. In 1933, it was reopened as the New York Hippodrome cinema, and became the stage for Billy Rose's Jumbo in 1935. Acts which appeared at the Hippodrome included numerous circuses, musical revues, Harry Houdini's disappearing elephant, vaudeville, silent movies such as Neptune's Daughter (1914) and Better Times (1922), and 1930s cinema.[7]
The theater closed in August 1939,[7] and a modern office tower known as The Hippodrome Center (1120 Avenue of the Americas) opened on the site in 1952.
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^Armond Fields (January 22, 2002). Fred Stone: Circus Performer and Musical Comedy Star. ISBN 9780786411610. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
^Sheldon Patinkin (May 20, 2008). "No Legs, No Jokes, No Chance": A History of the American Musical Theater. ISBN 9780810119949. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
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