INTERNATIONAL CASINO. East side of Broad way between 44th and 45th Streets.
The International Casino building occupied the site of Hammerstein’s Olympia complex. The plot of land was huge by New York standards: 44,000 square feet, about half the size of the base of the Empire State Building. Noted theater architects Thomas Lamb and Eugene De Rosa designed the building, which also included a new Criterion movie theater. The rooftop was utilized as a premier location for...