Students look on as demolition for the Widstoe Building begins. The demolition lasted for several weeks. (Maddi Dayton)
Demolition began on the John A. Widtsoe Building at the south end of BYU campus on Thursday, May 21. The nine-story building was the home of the College of Life Sciences and housed numerous laboratories, offices and classrooms.
The 211,000 square-foot building was named after the late Elder John A. Widtsoe, a BYU teacher and scientist and an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
When the Widtsoe Building was built in 1968, faculty and administrators of the College of Life Sciences did not foresee the importance of student mentoring.
The new space is currently being landscaped so students and faculty have a better view of the new Life Sciences Building as well as direct sidewalks from the south end of campus to the surrounding buildings.