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Echelon Constructors Transforming Retail Space into Swim Schools

2 years 10 months ago
The ongoing effort to repurpose retail space has a new splash – swim schools. St. Louis-based Echelon Constructors is targeting an early 2023 completion for a new Foss Swim School at the Market at McKnight retail center in Rock Hill, Mo. That, after the firm just completed renovating retail space for another Foss Swim School […]
Dede Hance

Capitalism worked fine during the pandemic, thanks very much

2 years 10 months ago
Over at Vox, Rebecca Heilweil takes a look at our global supply chains and is skeptical that their problems are behind us: The structural problems that enabled many of the delays, price hikes, and shortages over the past few years haven’t gone away....More broadly, the capitalist system responsible for manufacturing and delivering goods throughout the ...continue reading "Capitalism worked fine during the pandemic, thanks very much"
Kevin Drum

STL-Area Students Learn About Construction Trades at Expo

2 years 10 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Lauren Boehm’s eyes lit up. A senior at Mascoutah High School, Boehm is one of many Metro East and southern Illinois high school students attending the 22nd Construction Careers Expo at the Belle-Clair Fairgrounds this week. The three-day expo is sponsored by the Southern Illinois Builders Association as a way to […]
Dede Hance

Copyright Absurdity Rules Over Amazon’s ‘The Rings Of Power’

2 years 10 months ago
J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” is one of the best-known and best-loved modern works of literature, not least thanks to Peter Jackson’s films based on the cycle. Given that popularity, it’s no surprise that there was interest in creating adaptations of other Tolkien works. The result is “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings […]
Mike Masnick