The story
Bruce Springsteen's legendary 1975 'bomb threat' concert here became a landmark in rock history before the theater was demolished for a police station.
Everything that was here
- 1927–1984
The Uptown TheatreTheater
Bruce Springsteen's legendary 1975 'bomb threat' concert here became a landmark in rock history before the theater was demolished for a police station.
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