The result was the Hippodrome, a bold and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to build a race course to rival Epsom and Ascot.
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It was only with the building of the Hippodrome in 1837 by entrepreneur John Whyte, that the squalor of Pottery Lane was brought to London's attention.
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The slum came to the attention of Londoners with the building of the Hippodrome in 1837 by entrepreneur John Whyte.