Updated 02/17/2006

The Hippodrome started out as the Casino Pier at Ninth Street around 1900.  It was a large structure at the end of a long pier and was a popular place on the early boardwalk.  In 1904 John Young purchased the pier and renamed it Young's Pier.

In 1905 a new boardwalk was built closer to the ocean.  Young's Pier remained and eventually was sold to Chris Hand who enlarged it in 1912, adding a 3,000 seat theatre.

In 1915 Chris Hand sold the Pier to Albert Fogg and it became Fogg's Pier.  It contained a carousel, a theatre, arcade and other amusements.  In 1927, it burned to the ground in the great fire of that year.

Young's Pier on the new 1905 Boardwalk Built as the Casino Pier in 1900	Young's Pier at Ninth in the distance On the right is the building that would become Simms' at Moorlyn Terrace	Candyland at 9th Young's Pier on the left has open entrance
Candyland at 9th Young's Pier on the left has new covered entrance	Hippodrome at 9th Street Shriver's on the left
Hippodrome
		1922 Postmark
1927 Postmark
		1918 Fogg's Pier Became Fogg's Pier in 1915
October, 1927 The Hippodrome is the large black spot on the beach.