Volume 4 Issue 4
Winter 2015
CONTENTS
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10.
From The Editor: Tunnel Fever - Douglas Towne
Construction Around Arizona:
Projects • People • Practices
33.
Special Advertising Section:
Nesbitt Contracting Celebrates 60 years
49.
The Neon Appeal of Prescott’s A & B Sign Company
Douglas Towne
54.
The Professional Building: Not Your Garden Variety Hilton
Douglas Towne
58.
From Hero to Homebuilder: The Story of Forrest M. Cox
Katie Mayer
62.
Building the Dream: Tucson’s Postwar Housing Boom
Carlos Lozano
66.
Constructing Phoenix: The Homes & Son Saga
John Bueker
70.
Architect’s Perspective: Rehabilitation of the Yavapai
County Courthouse - William Otwell, AIA
72.
Digging Through the Archives: Ain’t No Valley Higher:
The Spin on Phoenix’s Most Visible Sign - William Horner
75.
76.
Bid Results - Bidjudge
ACC Advertisers’ Index
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Image courtesy of Arizona Contractor & Community
Front Cover Steel workers
during the
construction of
the Valley Center
with the
Professional
Building in the
background,
October, 1971.
Winter 2015