Masonry Magazine December 1965 Page. 11
Mason Contractor News
Published by The Mason Contractors Association of America, 208 S. La Salle St., Chicago 4, III.
WORLD'S LARGEST SHOPPING CENTER COMPLETED
Dallas, Texas-North Park Shopping Center, first featured in the March issue, is now in operation. Authorities report that this is the largest shopping center in the world since it houses over 1,300,000 square feet of retail shopping and mall area. It is fully air conditioned on five different levels. The owner and developer is Raymond D. Nasher. The General Contractor is Henry C. Beck Co., Dallas, Texas and Atlanta, Goath masonry work by MCAA Member Dee Brown Masonry, Inc., Dallas, Texas. The architects on the center, except the Neiman-Marcus Store, are Harrell & Hamilton, Dallas, Texas. Neiman-Marcus was designed by Eero Saarinen & Associates (see front cover). Over 4,000,000 face brick are used in this project and approximately 10 miles of stone coping were utilized. In addition 1,800,000 light-weight concrete block were installed. Of interest are the lower sections of the walls on the cover photo. These walls look like they have pilasters at each corner, however, closer inspection will reveal that radius brick have been used.
People & Events
New members of the Arizona Ma-nry Guild are: John Avechuco, abrielle & Heggs, Inc., Lester Con-uction Co., Dooley Block Co., and esa Precast Co. SCPI has re-eased a new publication entitled "RBM Handbook". An interest-g addition to your monthly reading t would be "The Hydrasplit Re-w" published by the Park Tool Co. Harold Blomberg has been named to e Sacremento, Calif. School Board.
Men are the only people on earth ho think they have more sense than omen. Your Zip Code, please. Check the address on this issue of ma-nry, if the ZIP CODE is not listed ll you forward it to MCAA. It will ssist in making sure you seceive all our mail. Anthony DeMato, Gib-(continued on page 14)
Construction To Reach All-Time High
# NADD ELECTS HALLMAN
John F. Hallman, Jr., has been elected President of the National Association of Distributors and Dealers of Structural Clay Products. Other officers elected are: Henri Bastien, Vice President; George Stellrecht. Vice President; George Hays, Treasurer; and James Holman, Secretary.
# SKIL OPENS NEW CENTERS
Skil Corporation, Chicago-based power tool manufacturer, has announced the opening of new factory service centers in Norfolk, Virginia; Tampa, Florida; and Omaha, Nebraska. Each is equipped with Skil's electronic tool testing center along with a complete stock of parts and accessories to service Skil's do-it-yourself, industrial and automotive lines of power tools.
Construction expenditures in the U.S. will grow by 4.5 percent in 1966, rising to an all-time high of nearly $71 billion, according to a new forecast prepared for the Market Research Department of Fortune. The biggest percentage growth will take place in hospital and institutional construction and in industrial building. Both of the categories will gain over their 1965 levels by more than 8 percent.
Construction of one and two-family nonfarm dwellings, a major factor in the industry, will be very strong next year after being in the doldrums since 1963. The report released by Fortune looks for a 5.4 percent gain in dollar volume, carrying it close to $20.4 billion, although the number of housing units started will remain close to this year's level.
The over-all increase in construction that the Fortune study anticipates for next year will be almost half (continued on page 13)