Where did you live in Gainesville while you were attending UF?

[Treebeard]

Country Village on Archer. Stayed there three years and then had to move out my last semester only because they wouldn't do anything less than a full year lease. Gas was included in the rent, so electric bill in winter was about $20 a month. Lousy insulation and two west-facing patio doors led to $120 a month electric bill in summer. Same room-mate the entire time. Friend from high school going to law school. Last five months was a little place off of SW 20th with a cemetery across the street.

 

[divits]

At 34th and Archer. I stayed there.

Me too. In three different appartments.

 

[Chomper]

House in NE Gainesville near airport. Never lived on campus.

 

[Gator by the Sea]

Never lived on campus.

The whole first year of living in a dorm, all my roommates and I did was complain. We couldn't wait to get off campus. But looking back, that was the best year. That's when I met all the friends that I still have to this day. So many great times in that crummy dorm room.

 

[NVAGATOR86]

It's not still there, but I remember it. We used to call it Alpha Gamma Hoe!!

Ha Ha. During my old days as a Delt, we called them "Alpha Grab a Hoe". The current house looks great.

 

[ergator920103]

Regency Oaks - 34th & Archer.

 

[g8tr76]

Started out living in a trailer north of Monteocha off of 225; I was changing tires for Gainesville Tire Service and it was all I could afford at the time; then moved to N 31st Ave near 13th to be closer to work and school. Fortunately, I was able to get off work to go to school. Once I graduated and landed a professional job, I move to Alachua.

 

[stephenPE]

Didnt live there but spent MUCH time there.........too bad it cannot be resurrected...........

 

[g8tr76]

Skeeter's moved just down the street from where I lived after I graduated; on the right person, the big bun shorts were a game stopper!

 

[Chomper]

The whole first year of living in a dorm, all my roommates and I did was complain. We couldn't wait to get off campus. But looking back, that was the best year. That's when I met all the friends that I still have to this day. So many great times in that crummy dorm room.

I can understand that. I am sure I missed out on a lot by living off campus but I was living rent free, so there's that.

 

[Gator CPA]

2528 NW 62nd Place...Pineridge Apartments over there by the Super Walmart off of 441 (Wasn't there then...only store there was a Winn-Dixie at the time). Spent my time there when I was going to Buchholz High School and UF.

While at UF, I worked at Alachua General Hospital in ER as a EKG Tech and Radiology Assistant. After UF, got commissioned as a 2LT in the US Air Force fresh out of UF ROTC (Van Fleet Hall).

 

[H20Gator]

I played a lot of pickup basketball games on the court out behind Windmeadows in the early ‘90s.

Ha, played a few games there myself.

I lived all over the place. First year in Gainesville I froze my nuts off in a place called Rose Apartments behind sorority row. Then Park Place. Then Rockwood Villas. A summer at, I think it was called, Hawaiian Village (34th and 16th)? Then WindMeadows. Then a Buddy's house off 8th ave. There are a couple more that I can't remember the name.

Craziest year was in Park Place. It was a ****hole, but I wasn't there for the luxury. There were a bunch of friends from my home town living there. Place was a zoo all year. Saw a mob pull one of Stan's drivers out of his truck. Broke a bunch of ****. Pissed a some people off. Made some really great friends.

 

[Double Gator Dad]

I was not fortunate enough to attend UF which is one of the many reasons why I am so proud of my two sons that are gator grads. No legacies here.

I did live in Gainesville while in grade school ( 3rd - 6th grades)
I lived on 14th Avenue for a year and then we moved to NW 7th Place near J.J. Finley Elementary where I went to school.

 

[Zambo]

Ha Ha. During my old days as a Delt, we called them "Alpha Grab a Hoe". The current house looks great.

I was a Delt. What years were you there? I was a Fall 86 pledge.

 

[Cozumel Gator]

The student ghetto behind the Catholic church a few blocks. It was rented out by the bedroom. Each apartment had 4 bedrooms. The cost was $185 per month which included electricity (if you keep it down to a predetermined amount). You needed to have 3 other friends or the owners would put a stranger in there. One summer season one of our buddies went home and a homeless man was put in the room. The man died there later that month, that was fun! I owned a restaurant in Saint Louis called Skeeters Eatery from 1995-2007 on Laclede's Landing. No biscuits but you know where I got the name. Did any of you go to the BBall game in Saint Louis when the Gators won it all?

 

[NVAGATOR86]

I was a Delt. What years were you there? I was a Fall 86 pledge.

I was a Delt in the early 70's and am just slightly older than you. LOL. The House with the new paint job and fence now looks better than when I was there. I believe the basketball court is gone and replaced with parking? I was back there for an alumni gathering about 3 years ago. Lot of good memories.

 

[Zambo]

I was a Delt in the early 70's and am just slightly older than you. LOL. The House with the new paint job and fence now looks better than when I was there. I believe the basketball court is gone and replaced with parking? I was back there for an alumni gathering about 3 years ago. Lot of good memories.

That's cool, was the house closed all the way in back then or was the courtyard still open? Even when I was there, the basketball court was just a hoop out in the parking lot between us and the Pike house.

 

[divits]

That's cool, was the house closed all the way in back then or was the courtyard still open? Even when I was there, the basketball court was just a hoop out in the parking lot between us and the Pike house.

Pikes were dicks.

 

[Theologator]

Didnt live there but spent MUCH time there.........too bad it cannot be resurrected...........

I’ll make an Asher Special at home a couple of times a year. The Big Biscuit defied the laws of physic. I twice managed to stuff one in my mouth all at once. The first time was on a bet. The second was to prove it to someone who doubted the story about the first one.