At Arizona State University’s main campus in Tempe, excavators have been loading the steel, brick and concrete remains of Irish, Hayden and Best dormitories for several weeks now onto trucks that are hauling the debris away.
Irish Hall opened in in 1940. Hayden was built in 1951. Best opened in 1956.
I was there in the early 1970s, first as a resident at Irish Hall for two years, and then as a resident assistant at Best for another two years…