Tower Theater (Pennsylvania) in the context of "Theater (building)"

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⭐ Core Definition: Tower Theater (Pennsylvania)

The Tower Theater is a currently-closed music venue in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. It opened in 1927, and has been a globally popular venue for music acts since the 1970s. In 2018, the Tower Theater was named one of the ten best live music venues in the United States by Rolling Stone magazine.

Known for its acoustic properties, the venue has been used for recording live albums by many bands. It is a theater located in the Terminal Square section of Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania at the intersection of 69th and Ludlow Streets. It is adjacent to 69th Street Terminal just outside of West Philadelphia.

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Tower Theater (Pennsylvania) in the context of Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania

Upper Darby Township, often shortened to Upper Darby, is a home rule township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township had a total population of 85,681, making it the state's sixth-most populated municipality after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Reading, and Erie. Upper Darby borders Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-most populous city, and constitutes part of the Delaware Valley, also known as the Philadelphia metropolitan area, the nation's seventh-largest metropolitan area.

Upper Darby is home to the Tower Theater, a historic music venue on 69th Street built in the 1920s, and to several Underground Railroad sites. In August 2019, the radio tower on top of the theater was removed due to structural concerns.

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