The History of the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore City.
	The Hippodrome opened in 1914 as a vaudeville house in the unit block of Eutaw Street. As vaudeville slowly began to lose it's appeal, the massive movie house changed over to movies, and continued with the movie policy until it closed in the 1980's.
Baltimore City had no fewer than 5 big movie houses years back. Just blocks away from the Hippodrome, north on Howard Street, was the Stanley Theatre, to the east, were the Century, New, Keith's , and Town Theatres. Downtown Baltimore was considered the place to shop and the area was always busy with shoppers. However, as movies succumbed to television, many of the old movie houses were torn down, and others converted to other uses. But the Hippodrome has continued to survive, and it's conversion into a Performing Arts Center gives Baltimore a chance to save a bit of it's history.		Like many of the big downtown houses in Baltimore, the Hippodrome advertised a lot in Baltimore newspapers. Take a look at the ads through the years.

	The Hippodrome in the 1980's.
	2002 renovations of the Hippodrome.

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