Arizona Contractor & Community Winter 2015 V4 I4 | Page 6

Volume 4 Issue 4 Winter 2015 CONTENTS 8. 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 sIX 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