The Tower Theater is a magnificent aged theater in the alluring city of Philadelphia. It was built in 1927, but opened a year later. The tower theater was one of the original movie houses located in Upper Darby Township. An architect by the name of John H. McClatchy, a self described "builder of homes", had a dream to construct a theater as well. Mostly made out of cement, the theater has a basic design, but served well for the people at the time. He was not a well known architect, but his creation of the tower theater was simply brilliant. The venue was located in an area where most people traveled through from the west to arrive in center city. The exact location is the intersection of 69th Street and Ludlow Street, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19082. Tower Theater showed mostly acts and movies when it was first opened. In the 1970's, the theater was not producing the success it would have assumed, which resulted in a price drop of tickets. Third-run movies were a dollar per admission. Later the theater became a site for mostly rock bands. Some famous singers and bands to perform there was Dave Mason, Buzzy Linhart, David Bowie, The Spiders from Mars, Genesis, Bruce Springsteen, E Street Band, Jackson Browne, Lou Reed, Steve Miller, Jerry Garcia/Merle Saunders band, Average White Band, and Phil Collins. An interesting historical fact about the tower theater is that many bands, since the 1970's, have recorded live albums because of the superb natural acoustic properties.