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Apr 6, 2021
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byukarl
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haha.. yep.. The first week I purchased my first car
1987... cruising State in my Pontiac Grand Prix.. with the removable sun tops.. That was a blast.. Only way to go
was in a convertible.
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byukarl
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What is something nostalgic to you from the Wasatch Front that no longer exists?
Thrill
4/6/21 3:19pm
The Seven peaks golf course.
RdF3
4/6/21 3:20pm
This! So many great dates and other fun times there in HS!
RUNBYU1
4/6/21 3:22pm
You choose that above Cascade?
BYU'01
4/6/21 3:30pm
1/2 the price and way more lax on the rules. My buddy drive is cart off a Cliff
RUNBYU1
4/7/21 3:25pm
You had to be a mountain goat to play that course, but fun back in the day.
cosmohio
4/6/21 4:45pm
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cosmohio
4/6/21 4:47pm
Their bacon ranch burgers and cheese fries were awesome.
Turnpike Lane
4/6/21 3:20pm
49th street galleria for sure
runitup590
4/6/21 3:20pm
It died when it became the Utah Fun Dome
LiveCoug
4/6/21 3:36pm
The Salt Palace
Hank Rearden
4/6/21 3:20pm
Dragging State on Friday or Saturday night.
WJCougar
4/6/21 3:21pm
Just the magic feeling that "I'd totally take that guy in a fight" or "that chick was totally into me"
Jimo Dashen
4/6/21 3:25pm
"Did you see that girl....she looked at me for a second"
WJCougar
4/6/21 3:37pm
There were a few good fist fights.
byukarl
4/6/21 3:54pm
The old 70's Salt Palace/ Golden Eagles, Dantley Jazz. Salt Lake Stingers
byukarl
4/6/21 3:56pm
haha.. yep.. The first week I purchased my first car
byukarl
4/6/21 3:36pm
My buddy bought a Firebird when we were in HS.
Eddie
4/7/21 1:50pm
"...nothing really ever happened..."
m0resn0w
4/6/21 3:42pm
Snelgrove's ice cream.
neboutefan
4/6/21 3:21pm
Training Table...MMMMmmm. I miss BAMBOO HUT more than anything else.
COUGZ
4/6/21 3:21pm
All good ones for sure
RUNBYU1
4/6/21 3:22pm
The Malt Shop
MapCoug
4/6/21 3:23pm
*shoppe
LiveCoug
4/6/21 3:38pm
My grandfather was the projectionist at the Centre Theater, NW corner of
Florwood
4/6/21 3:23pm
Training table was good until they just stopped caring.
OPINIONS
4/6/21 3:24pm
The owner's daughter took control and basically ran them out of business
jreid191
4/6/21 3:28pm
Isn't there still one in Sandy? Ate at one up in SLC valley couple of years ago.
cosmohio
4/6/21 4:55pm
Their Sugerhouse and Sandy locations closed in Nov 2016 so it must have been
jreid191
4/6/21 7:52pm
Sad to hear that, used to love Training Table back in the day.
cosmohio
4/7/21 2:57pm
Magic Waters in Draper near the point of the mountain. So many sunburns there!
camp_chef
4/6/21 3:25pm
Also, might as well say remember when the Point of the Mountain was still there.
camp_chef
4/6/21 3:26pm
Good call, RIP. Screw Geneva Rock and the others there.
RUNBYU1
4/6/21 3:26pm
The Wasatch Front is built on the material dug out of that mountain.
ReyOso
4/6/21 3:52pm
you ever watch the widow maker in person.. pretty awesome.. lol
byukarl
4/6/21 3:31pm
A kid in one of my classes used to participate in it. His dad had some kind
m0resn0w
4/6/21 3:44pm
Yep, super cool place.
RUNBYU1
4/6/21 3:27pm
When it first opened it was called Super Sliders.
WJCougar
4/6/21 3:44pm
Same with Raging Waters in SLC.
JuicyJam
4/6/21 3:46pm
Best tubing slide ever.
Aircooled
4/7/21 10:40pm
Derks Field. Saw my first pro baseball game and competed in the
neboutefan
4/6/21 3:25pm
Played the last game there before it got torn down. High school game. First game
777
4/6/21 4:04pm
The old Reams in Provo that looked like a domed stadium.
shoganai
4/6/21 3:28pm
They made amazing shakes.
porl thompson
4/6/21 3:29pm
and grab some Levi's
cougarblue
4/6/21 3:31pm
Don't forget to add 10%.
byujdmba
4/6/21 3:40pm
We used to joke that it looked like a giant diaphragm. (the birth control type)
m0resn0w
4/6/21 3:45pm
Used to shop there all the time. Married into a family whose cousins owned it.
cosmohio
4/6/21 5:04pm
The house I grew up in. There is a trax station there now.
JAGA97
4/6/21 3:29pm
Training Table in Holiday every Friday night with my buddies
byukarl
4/6/21 3:29pm
Training Table and that place near 4th N. in Orem where you get pizza and VHS
cougarblue
4/6/21 3:31pm
Sounds Easy Pizza
keilbyu
4/6/21 3:48pm
Sounds Easy? We did that growing up.
All-around BYU
4/6/21 3:48pm
Movies 8. I worked there as a teenager and was sad to it abandoned when I went back there last year.
Chemish
4/6/21 3:31pm
Loved Movies 8. You had to go in the afternoon on friday or sat night to get tix
Mayor of Cougartown
4/6/21 3:33pm
When I worked there it was one of the highest foot traffic theaters for cinemark in the country but one of the lowest
Chemish
4/6/21 4:01pm
totally makes sense. I never bought concessions but one time we went with like20
Mayor of Cougartown
4/6/21 4:08pm
Cruising the 8 was a Provo rite of passage
mokelembembe
4/6/21 3:36pm
I think they finally just tore it down a couple of weeks ago.
cosmohio
4/6/21 4:58pm
Probably for the best. It was pretty depressing the way it was left.
Chemish
4/7/21 2:21am
Allied Hardware- Many trips with my Dad as a kid to the one in Sandy and Murray
camp_chef
4/6/21 3:32pm
Jobbers Odd Lot in Murray too. I'd ride my bike there with my allowance many Saturdays.
Jimo Dashen
4/6/21 3:49pm
I just noticed the related thread was talking about that.
Chemish
4/6/21 3:32pm
Oops, this was supposed to go under my above post.
Chemish
4/6/21 3:33pm
Ivy Tower and the Palace Night Club.. haha
byukarl
4/6/21 3:33pm
There was a dance club on Center street before the Ivy Tower. I wonder how many
m0resn0w
4/6/21 3:47pm
heard of it.. I went to school on east bench in Salt Lake
byukarl
4/6/21 3:52pm
It was in the building next to where Gross Hermanos used to be (right on the
m0resn0w
4/6/21 4:01pm
It was next to Sensuous Sandwich, I worked in the big corner building during
byukarl
4/6/21 4:07pm
I've been trying to rack my brain. Was the place on Center St called The Edge? I loved the alternative room.
Chemish
4/7/21 7:22am
That was it!! Great alternative room. I saw The Ocean Blue there twice.
m0resn0w
4/7/21 6:32pm
Are you taking about Deep Blue Something? I saw them there, as well.
Chemish
4/7/21 6:52pm
Nope. The Ocean Blue
m0resn0w
4/7/21 8:33pm
Great band, didn’t realize they were from Pennsylvania
SwanSong
4/7/21 9:53pm
Who knows, maybe that's who I saw as well. I was thinking Deep Blue Something but it's been so long I could see me
Chemish
4/7/21 11:56pm
Awesome pre-mission memories there! Became Gillymacks but IIRC Swim Herschel
Johnny Vatos
4/6/21 6:16pm
Swim was awesome. Guy from my high school was their manager. I was bummed when
m0resn0w
4/6/21 6:40pm
Ladies night was great...we used to pay an extra $ to skip the line
Aircooled
4/6/21 3:57pm
The Salt Palace because of great Jazz memories, Derks Field, old movie theaters
Jdoc
4/6/21 3:34pm
Trafalga in Orem.
Ham
4/6/21 3:34pm
The line of poplars that lead to the front entrance of Lagoon.
Cachanilla83
4/6/21 3:36pm
The J-Bar lift at Park City.
neboutefan
4/6/21 3:47pm
Stop this thread is making me miss the 80s again.
byukarl
4/6/21 3:38pm
Enjoying the foothills before the development...and other awesome spots all
Aircooled
4/6/21 3:39pm
Stan's on 9th East. And Bamboo Hut, of course.
byujdmba
4/6/21 3:39pm
+1. Miss Stan's. Lived a block away my senior year at the Y and ate there alot.
cosmohio
4/6/21 4:45pm
The Ridge (aka Foothill Athletic Club)
Probable Sacko
4/6/21 3:42pm
I took swimming lessons there.
Ham
4/6/21 3:45pm
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Ham
4/6/21 3:46pm
We were original members - I think the first name was “Racquet Ball Club”
Aircooled
4/6/21 3:49pm
Used to play basketball up there with friends and roommates from the Y.
cosmohio
4/6/21 4:53pm
Nice! I spent my life playing pick up games there. Played a lot of tennis up there too.
Probable Sacko
4/6/21 6:29pm
Destroying the Ute's will to play football every single year.
Johnny Vatos
4/6/21 3:42pm
OK boomer
BYUALWAYSNUM1
4/6/21 5:31pm
Uhhhhh that would be Gen X, so get the hud off my lawn
Johnny Vatos
4/6/21 6:09pm
Nutty Putty caves were fun.
BYUALWAYSNUM1
4/6/21 3:44pm
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Zedhead
4/6/21 3:46pm
That playground was awesome.
Cachanilla83
4/6/21 3:48pm
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Zedhead
4/6/21 3:56pm
Wow this is amazing. So many great memories playing at that park growing up.
runitup590
4/6/21 4:00pm
That's pretty cool. What's there now instead?
mokelembembe
4/6/21 4:04pm
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Zedhead
4/6/21 4:20pm
It was directly south of the Ferris Wheel. Now has some type of building there.
Cachanilla83
4/6/21 5:25pm
I remember going to Allied all the time when I was a kid, but the only thing I
scottfunkel
4/6/21 4:29pm
Verd's in Orem. Penny candy, man.
Ham
4/6/21 3:47pm
Bridal Veil Falls restaurant at the top
El Paso Coug
4/6/21 3:48pm
RE: Bridal Veil Falls restaurant at the top
Pangare
4/6/21 3:52pm
I'm still sad I never did that
RUNBYU1
4/8/21 11:22am
Godfather's pizza in Orem
Pangare
4/6/21 3:48pm
RE: What is something nostalgic to you from the Wasatch Front that no longer
Pangare
4/6/21 3:50pm
Roundtable Pizza next to Olympus Hills Mall.
byukarl
4/6/21 3:53pm
Sounds like you went to Skyline
Johnny Vatos
4/6/21 6:17pm
The Pioneer Park canal/all the irrigation canals in South Provo.
mokelembembe
4/6/21 3:53pm
There was a little burger joint on the main st in Tremonton. Hungry Bear maybe? Before there was I15 and we'd drive down
BlooGeek
4/6/21 3:55pm
Mormons
777
4/6/21 3:56pm
Oh, and my wife at age 19
byujdmba
4/6/21 4:11pm
The feeling of BYU beating Utah in football
ThatBYUFan
4/6/21 4:14pm
Dissapeared around the time Utah Lake lost its trout.
Backcountry
4/6/21 4:47pm
Plastique in Provo
SwanSong
4/6/21 4:14pm
RE: Plastique in Provo
m0resn0w
4/6/21 4:16pm
Aztek camera was there? That’s awesome
SwanSong
4/7/21 8:23pm
I grew up in Murray so it's easy for me.
Belboz
4/6/21 4:32pm
Those were great. We’re they right next to Murray High?
Jdoc
4/6/21 4:38pm
IIRC, they came down when IMC was built, just north of the High School.
scottfunkel
4/6/21 4:44pm
That’s right. Thanks.
Jdoc
4/6/21 5:03pm
Yes. They were just across the street to the north
Belboz
4/6/21 6:08pm
Grandparents lived in Murray, and when we would go visit them, seeing the
Emmett Fitz-Hume
4/7/21 5:10am
I miss Take Five and Grinders way more than the smoke stacks
TEXAS
4/7/21 3:16pm
Sugarhouse
A_blue_car
4/6/21 4:32pm
Dollar movies on Tuesdays I think and the Tropicana club with the South American
Thrill
4/6/21 9:33pm
Burger World next to University Mall in the 70's and 80's.
cosmohio
4/6/21 4:50pm
Awesome thread.
cruiserhead
4/6/21 5:01pm
Parker’s in American Fork.
KU_Coug
4/6/21 5:17pm
Ohhhh yeah I grew up there and that was a regular place we went
ByuImaginesDragons
4/6/21 10:36pm
I learned to swim at the old Deseret Gym where the Conference Center now sits,
neboutefan
4/6/21 5:20pm
I forgot to mention the Deseret Gym. Spent a lot of weekends down there playing
Jdoc
4/6/21 5:34pm
I forgot to add it as well. Hooped with Byron Russell and Ike Austin there once
Thrill
4/6/21 9:29pm
I saw Hulk Hogan there lifting weights once. GA’s liked to hang out there.
Jdoc
4/6/21 9:49pm
Sandy starship
Zap Rowsdower
4/6/21 6:47pm
Ooh, Cascade golf course in Orem.
Ham
4/6/21 7:01pm
Bmoney concerts at 7peaks pool parties
Backcountry
4/6/21 7:53pm
The bubbles and soon, the troubles
runitup590
4/6/21 9:20pm
The Vortex and DV8 were probably not where most of the good LDS kids hung out,
Thrill
4/6/21 9:35pm
DV8 had some great concerts. Small venue. Usually obscure alternative bands.
m0resn0w
4/6/21 9:38pm
Pretty sure Beck was there once.
Thrill
4/6/21 10:25pm
I loved DV8! Right after my mission I saw House of Pain play there. Opening for them was Rage Against the Machine.
Chemish
4/7/21 2:19am
I think it was Vortex where I watched Dead or Alive
byukarl
4/7/21 1:42pm
Crossroads and Cottonwood Malls as well. NBA players would hang at Crossroads
Thrill
4/6/21 10:30pm
I worked at the Footlocker at Crossroads. Fall of 88 through April of 89
byukarl
4/7/21 1:38pm
I worked in the Candy Barrel in Crossroads in the early 90s.
Belboz
4/7/21 6:39pm
Dances up top of Bridal Veil Falls
BYU Grounds
4/6/21 10:31pm
Saratoga Springs water park (not sure if it was called that but was a waterpark
ByuImaginesDragons
4/6/21 10:37pm
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Zedhead
4/6/21 11:16pm
Yeah I was too scared of going down that as a kid and couldn’t swim
ByuImaginesDragons
4/8/21 12:21am
Candy store across from Dixon Jr. High in Provo, and Norton's grocery store
Emmett Fitz-Hume
4/7/21 5:13am
When was the a candy store? I lived about a half block from Dixon till about '84 but can't remember a candy store.
Chemish
4/7/21 7:00am
Bricks night club in SLC. Loved going up there
Burton162
4/7/21 10:58pm
Original Navajo and Mandan lifts at Sundance, especially Mandan
Aircooled
4/8/21 11:20am
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