| Pima County Legal Services Building | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Tucson, Arizona |
| Address | 32 North Stone Avenue |
| Construction started | 1964 |
| Completed | 1966 |
| Cost | $4.5 Million |
| Owner | Pima County |
| Height | 260 ft (79 m) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Place & Place |
| Main contractor | M. M. Sundt Construction Company |
The Pima County Legal Services Building is a 20-storey government office building located in downtown Tucson, Arizona. It is the third tallest building in Tucson.
The building completed in 1967 originally was home to the Tucson Federal Savings & Loan Bank and known as the Tucson Federal Building. The building was designed by local architects Place & Place and featured a large banking hall on the second floor as well as windows on three sides of the building with a gold sunscreen to protect the west facing windows. The exterior featured a unique blue glazed brick. The M. M. Sundt Construction Company won the $4.5 million contract (equivalent to $39 million in 2021) for construction of the building, and construction started in the summer of 1964. [1] When the tower was completed in 1966, it was the tallest building in Tucson. A formal dedication ceremony was held on March 27, 1966. [2]
From 1967 to 1990, the exclusive Old Pueblo Club occupied the top two floors. [3] The top of the building was built with a time and temperature clock, which was decommissioned in 1987, although the clock was still in use in 1990. [4] In the early 1970s, the building became known as the Home Federal Building, and on June 23, 1986 it was renamed the Great American Tower Building. [5] It would remain Tucson's tallest building until 1977 when the Arizona Bank Plaza was built. In 1987, the building was purchased for $10.5 million (equivalent to $25 million in 2021) by Pima County, and renamed the Pima County Legal Services Building. In 1997, a water line in a rooftop room broke, sending water through ceiling tiles down to the 16th floor. [6] In 2019, the condition of the blue glazed bricks on the exterior had deteriorated, and several bricks had fallen down to the street below. Nobody was injured by falling bricks, and the county installed protective scaffolding while the brick was repaired. [7]
KMSB is a television station in Tucson, Arizona, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KTTU ; Tegna maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Gray Television, owner of CBS affiliate KOLD-TV, for the provision of studio space and technical services and the production of local newscasts for KMSB. The stations share studios on North Business Park Drive on the northwest side of Tucson. KMSB's lone transmitter is located atop Mount Bigelow; as a result of the transmitter's location, residents in the northern part of Tucson, Oro Valley, and Marana do not receive adequate reception of the station.
KOLD-TV is a television station in Tucson, Arizona, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Gray Television, which provides certain services to Fox affiliate KMSB and MyNetworkTV affiliate KTTU under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Tegna Inc. The three stations share studios on North Business Park Drive on the northwest side of Tucson. KOLD-TV's primary transmitter is atop Mount Bigelow, with a secondary transmitter atop the Tucson Mountains west of the city to fill in gaps in coverage.
One South Church is a 23 story office building located in Tucson, Arizona.
KUAT-TV is a PBS member television station in Tucson, Arizona, United States. It is the television station of the University of Arizona (UA) and broadcasts from studios in the Modern Languages Building on the UA campus. Two high-power transmitters broadcast its programming: KUAT-TV itself on Mount Bigelow and KUAS-TV on Tumamoc Hill, west of downtown Tucson, which provides coverage to northwest Tucson and communities west of Mount Lemmon that are shielded from the Mount Bigelow transmitter. There is also a translator in Duncan. KUAT-TV and the UA's radio stations, KUAT-FM and KUAZ, are grouped under the unified brand of Arizona Public Media (AZPM).
The US Bank Center is a high-rise office building located in Phoenix, Arizona. It is the second tallest building in the state of Arizona. Built in 1976, it is 407 feet (124 m) tall.
The Bank of America Plaza is a high-rise office building which was built in 1977 and is located in downtown Tucson, Arizona. It was designed by Friedman & Jobusch and built by DEFCO Construction Company. It took over the top spot from the Pima County Legal Services Building, which was the tallest building from 1967 to 1977. It was the tallest building in Tucson from the time of its completion in 1977, until 1986, when the UniSource Energy Tower was completed. It is located at 33 North Stone Avenue, at the southwest corner of Stone Avenue and Pennington Street. The Bank of America Plaza is one of three major skyscrapers in the downtown Tucson area that compose the highest part of the city's skyline, the other two being the UniSource Energy Tower and the Pima County Legal Services Building.
Sun Link, also known as the Tucson Streetcar, is a single-line streetcar system in Tucson, Arizona, United States, that began service in July 2014. The system's 3.9-mile (6.3 km) route connects the Arizona Health Sciences Center, the University of Arizona campus, the Main Gate and 4th Avenue shopping and entertainment districts, downtown Tucson, the Tucson Convention Center, and the Mercado District under development west of Interstate 10. The streetcar project's overall cost of $196 million was met through a combination of local funding sources and federal grants. The streetcar shares a common payment system with the Sun Tran regional bus service. In 2021, the line had a ridership of 897,100, or about 3,700 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2022.
George James Roskruge was the Surveyor General of Arizona Territory from 1896 to 1897. Born in England, he emigrated to the United States in his mid-20s and became a naturalized citizen in 1876. He spent most of his life in Tucson, Arizona where he held many prominent positions and is considered a city pioneer. He was an expert rifleman and is called the "father of Masonry" in Arizona.
Arizona Public Media (AZPM) is the public broadcasting service of the University of Arizona, providing radio and television service and regional news coverage in southern and southeastern Arizona from its studios in Tucson. AZPM encompasses two primary radio services aligned with NPR, with KUAZ and KUAZ-FM in Tucson airing news and talk programming and KUAT-FM airing classical music, and KUAT-TV "PBS 6", the PBS station for the region. AZPM is housed in the Modern Languages Building on the UA campus.
Hurricane Heather was one of the worst tropical cyclones to affect Arizona on record. The sixteenth tropical cyclone, eighth named storm, and fourth hurricane of the 1977 Pacific hurricane season, it began as a tropical disturbance on October 3, before later developing into a tropical depression on October 4. Later that day, the depression turned to the northwest, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Heather. Continuing to strengthen, on October 5, Heather strengthened into a hurricane, and later that day its winds peaked at 85 mph (135 km/h). Heather began to turn north-northwest around this time, and by October 6, it weakened into a tropical storm. Moving north, Heather continued to weaken over cooler waters, and on October 7, the final advisory was issued, downgrading Heather to a tropical depression.
John T. Hughes was a politician from Arizona who served in the 1st Arizona State Legislature. He was also a newspaper man, editing and publishing his father's paper, the Arizona Daily Star, and an attorney, the first native-born Arizonan to be admitted to the Arizona bar. Additionally, he had several mining and real estate interests.
Colonel A. A. Worsley was a politician from Arizona who served in the 1st Arizona State Legislature. Worsley was also an attorney, who practiced in Tucson, Arizona. He was married to Alice J. Worsley.
Mose Drachman was a pioneer business and civic leader, as well as politician, in Tucson, Arizona, during the early 1900s. He was involved in numerous interests, including mercantile, real estate, banking, mining, and cattle. He served as the Senior Clerk for the U.S. District Court in Arizona during the term of William H. Sawtelle, served two terms on the Tucson City Council, and five consecutive terms on the Tucson Board of Education, as well as being on both the Tucson and Phoenix chambers of commerce. He also served a single term in the Arizona state senate during the 2nd Arizona State Legislature. Two books were written about his life, Ridin' the Rainbow, and Chicken Every Sunday, the latter being made into a Broadway play, as well as a motion picture of the same name.
John W. "Buck" Buchanan (1871–1941) was an American politician from Arizona who served in the states first three legislatures, the first two in the House of Representatives, and the third in the State Senate. During his political career he also served as Pima County Treasurer and as Tucson's City Treasurer.
Fred Ormal Goodell was an Arizona politician who served three consecutive terms in the Arizona State Senate from 1917 through 1922. Very active in the Masons, he served in all of their major posts in Arizona, including being the Grand Master of Masons in Arizona, the Grand Commander of Knights Templar in Arizona, the Grand Master of A. & S. M. of Arizona, and the High Priest of R. A. M. of Arizona. He served as the county comptroller for Pima County for 21 years, from 1935 to 1956.
Elias Hedrick was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 5th Arizona State Legislature, holding the seat from Pima County. Prior to his senate term, Hedrick served a single term in the Arizona House of Representatives during the 4th Arizona State Legislature. He was known as a philanthropist, particularly to the Methodist Episcopal Church in Tucson, Arizona. Outside of politics he was a highly successful real-estate man.
Pat Hayhurst was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 6th Arizona State Legislature, holding one of the two seats from Pima County.
Thomas Collins was an American politician from Arizona. He served several terms in the Arizona State Senate, his first stint lasting from the 10th through 12th Arizona State Legislatures, holding one of the two seats from Pima County. He also served from Pima County during the 20th and 22nd Arizona State Legislatures. He also served several terms on the Pima County Board of Supervisors.