Teams lay 200-250 giant concrete blocks per day for the St. Pete Grand Prix track.

Accropodes are large concrete blocks that look like toy jacks, left along coastlines to stop waves. Each one is about 10 feet across, according to Swavely.

Some people in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are throwing shade at a new art installation intended to provide relief from the sun on hot days. “It’s an interesting art piece but it’s just like a huge gray ...