Goodbye U-hall and Deseret Towers

It's kind of sad when a part of your past is gone. BYU decided to take down the dorms that I lived at my freshman year. U-Hall, where I lived from August 1993 until April 1994 was the site of so many good times. I have never been closer to the people in my ward as I was here. I think part of that was due to the fact our whole ward ate together every day. We'd take the second large table and you knew you had to get back to the Morris (Morbid) Center during dinner time or you'd miss out on seeing all of your friends. I'll have to write more someday about the great times I had my freshman year, the first year I lived on my own. Sure, there were hardships, but it really was such a great experience. I miss everyone from that group, and would rather have a reunion with all of them than I would another high school reunion. I guess sometimes you really can't go home again. I lived at 421 U-Hall. It was the last of the Deseret Towers dorms to be demolished, which in a way is kind of cool, although Q hall, where the men from our ward lived, was demolished long ago.


This is U hall, in the process of demolition (thanks to the blogger who's image I copied), I believe the two big shafts remaining in the air are the elevator shafts. The first section of it that you can see I think is the 4th floor. So of the top four floors, the most that's left is the 4th and 5th floors, which are the two floors that comprised the women of my ward. The common room (ah, the common room) is gone.

This one is of U-Hall around the time that I was there (I think that's the sign they had back then, but it might have been newer (thanks Deseret News). 431 is right about in the middle of the 4th floor, facing the street (so my window is showing). You know, I chose to stay at DT because the brochure I got about it made me think it was similar to the apartments my Momo (grandmother) used to live at in Fresno. They weren't at all, but I still loved it.

And this is a photo from BYU that shows S, T, and U Halls. I think there's something now where that large patch of grass is, but it might just be a lot of grass in front of the Morris Center.

It's sad to see it go, although I had plenty of opportunities to go visit U-hall whenever I came to visit the campus, but never did. It's just sad to realize I'll never be able to, and that a part of my past is gone. I wish I had written in my journal more in those days. I'd love to remember all the good times, with Julee, Natasha, Carrie, Ben, Mike, the Jareds, and everyone else, and of course my roommate, Kim Brown. And I should mention Kim's home ward mate, Josh Romney (who I hope will someday be part of the 'First Family' with his dad, Mitt. And Brian Gill. Haha, I won't say what I used to say to him all the time, because I found it annoying but couldn't stop myself from saying all the time (that and my stupid handshakes).