Arizona Contractor & Community Fall 2015 V4 I3 | Page 50

Image courtesy of Arizona Contractor & Community to a 15-acre quarry at 83rd Avenue and Van Buren Street in Tolleson. Once the clay supply ran out, these pits were filled from dirt left over from freeway expansions. Our new clay supply was located in a pit off Pantano Road near Vail, which is a little southeast of Tucson. ACC: What are some notable buildings that used your brick? CC: The Jefferson and Adams hotels downtown, Bashas' supermarkets located at Seventh Street and Osborn Road as well as 32nd Street and Indian School Road, Hallcraft Homes, buildings at all three state universities, and the Sperry Plant, just to name a few. In Tucson, we supplied brick for the Bear Down Gym and the Federal Savings Tower downtown at Congress Street and Stone Avenue. ACC: Did PBY work with various developers or architects to create any unusual patterns? DC: Yes, we  did  numerous  shapes  and colors for buildings such as North Canyon High School, the Fourth Avenue Jail, the Arizona Bioscience building, the Home Depot at Warner and Kyrene Road in Tempe, the Chateaux on Central Condos, and Grady Gammage Auditorium. ACC: How do you manufacture these unique colors and shapes? CC: The colors are mainly created by how the clay was mixed. Different clay mixes made different colors. Shapes were the product of changing die and brick cutters. fifty Image courtesy of PBY Top: Masons laying brick for Hallcraft Homes' Scottsdale Estates, 1958. Right: Tucson Federal Savings Tower with four shades of blue-glazed brick at Congress and Stone streets, 1964. fall 2015