HIPPODROME. 6th Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets. Architect: J. H. Morgan. Opening: April 12, 1905; A Yankee Circus on Mars .
For most Broadwayites, the Hippodrome is synonymous with spectacle, just as the Roxy connotes lavishness. The theater, the largest in the world, certainly lived up to its reputation. It presented the biggest shows ever seen in New York or anywhere else.
The Hippodrome was the brainchild of Elmer S. Dundy and Frederic Thompson, the builders and operators...