Hippodrome Theatre [New York City]
type: Item
label: Hippodrome Theatre
description: Theatre building in New York, USA
description: theater in Manhattan @nl
EUTA building identifier: 5853
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: USA
City: New York City
opening date: 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
closure date: 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q204583
GPS: Point(-73.9833 40.7558)
demolished: 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: 1120 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10036
Wikidata instance: Q64654999
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1528
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1905 by Frederick Thompson and Jay H. Morgan for John Gates. Opened 12 April 1905 with A Yankee Circus on Mars. 4678 seats. Mainly used for spectacular variety productions (featuring water ballets, sea battles etc. due to a large liftable stage that could be flooded from tanks holding 1.5 million litres of water). 1923 converted into a conventional vaudeville theatre by Thomas Lamb, including the removal of the water tanks. Also used as a cinema since 1927. Closed 1929. Re-opened 1935 with Rodgers & Hart's circus spectacular Jumbo. Subsequently used for various big events. Demolished 1939. [Currently the site is occupied by an office building and a parking garage.]