u/MrShiv

Edgewood St, OSW

Y'all bee careful around S. Glenwood and Redbud.... There's a wild bee nest in a hollow tree that was recently cut down at this very busy crossroads. The bees have been angry for four days now! A beekeeper came on day 2 to try to get them into a box for relocation, but they seem reluctant to move.

This could be the same swarm of wild bees that were living in a different nearby hollow tree that fell in a storm a few months ago. If they are, I can assure you, they can and will sting you if you approach too close.

I don't know a lot about this building, but I did learn recently that it's the only (known) Mesker building in downtown Columbia.

>Mesker is a name of the family whose members operated several independent Midwestern businesses producing architectural iron products.... Meskers are found in historic downtown commercial centers, on Main Streets all across America. The marketing materials indicated that they were intended predominantly for commercial structures; indeed erecting a new storefront or modernizing an older one were considered musts for any shopkeeper looking to attract and retain a clientele. Opera houses, banks and hotels are but few commonly encountered uses of Mesker facades throughout the nation.

It looks like two buildings, but I think it's just one. KOPN and Formosa used to be located here.

There are more than 6,000 surviving known Mesker buildings, including nearly 500 in Missouri. If you ever visit Louisiana, MO, they have lots of Meskers there.

Whoever dumps trash and garbage at the yard waste site is an awful person.

Don't be this awful person.

So nice