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Construction Around Arizona: Projects • People • Practices
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AZUCA Memebership Directory 2018
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Sun State Builders Celebrates 45 Years
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From The Editor: Bear “Happy” to Find Refuge in Museum - Douglas Towne
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Back When: Phoenix’s Polynesian Palace Douglas Towne From Fire to Empire: The Remarkable Story of Mesa’s Buckhorn Baths - Jay Mark A Devout Mid-Century Industrial Developer: Andrew P. Tell - Douglas Towne Motel Arizona: Exotic Overnight Themes Heather M. David Reshaping Sahuaro: Elementary School Passes the Test of Time - John Bueker Building on the Past: 1958: GE Brings Good Things to…Computers? Architect’s Perspective: Lost Film Theaters Doug Sydnor
Digging Through the Archives: The Govway Building: A Shopping “Coliseum” - William Horner
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Bid Results - Bidjudge
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ACC Advertisers’ Index Front Cover -
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The Fox Theatre features Sky Above and Mud Below, which won the 1962 Academy Award for “Best Documentary Feature.” The film featured a team that ventured into unexplored areas of what was then Dutch New Guinea. Article on page 80.
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