Thursday, February 12, 2009

RIP 1451 Uintah Circle



I guess I never really knew that there were murderers living in my sweet innocent SLC neighborhood. But they are there... and they committed a massacre today. They murdered beauty, history, and nature. The home of my childhood was demolished in 4 hours. It took only 4 hours to destroy a significant link to my past. I was always planning on driving my kids and my grandchildren to Uintah Circle and saying, "Look over there, that's where I grew up. See that tree, I always parked my car under that tree. See that playhouse in the backyard? That's where my family would run to, in our swimsuits December 23rd every year. See that grape arbor? That's where me and my friend had a big black and white party. See that window on the second story? That was my room. I grew from a little girl to a college student in that room. That room was my world for so many years."
But now we'll drive by a tan stucco monstrosity, stuck in a gorgeous circle, with no trees. And I'll shudder and tell my descendants, "If you look to the right, you'll see a tragedy."

5 comments:

lacy said...

OH MY GOSH. I had no idea until I read this post. Hideous. I'm so sad now.

Jocelyn said...

this is such a sad event. I am sorry suzanne :(

Kristin said...

oh no! They tore down the house. That is terrible.

Anthony said...

WHOA! Didn't see THAT coming. Sorry Suzanne, that's a sincere bummer.

Annika said...

NO! I'm gonna go protest on the site and tell them they have to put it all back like it was ok? Because I'm gonna miss driving past there and remembering the animal olympics.