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Yet one more rebirth
Silos await renewal
Reimagined space

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Yet one more rebirth
Silos await renewal
Reimagined space

September 17, 2026

Color image of the former Quaker Square redevelopment, circa 1976, which turned former grain silos as the former Quaker Oats plan in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA into an indoor mall, commercial offices, restaurants and a Hilton hotel, circular rooms in the former silos. The complex was acquired by The University of Akron to use as event, classroom and temporary dormitory space while other buildings were being renovate and built on the main campus. The University vacated the property by 2022, and it was sold to private developers in 2025 who intend to redevelop the unique space. Image shows a view of round grain silos on the right with hotel rooms cut into them, a central stack of grain silos that were used for other purposes in the central tower, and a connecting space built for meeting spaces and events, with the blue sky above criss-crossed by jet contrails.

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My OLD MAN’s CV – Uitkyk BAs the place where I am is up for sale…Gypsy on the Move?

As explained in the link above, I will post, a series of what wou

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My OLD MAN’s CV – Uitkyk BAs the place where I am is up for sale…Gypsy on the Move?

As explained in the link above, I will post, a series of what would be my OLD MAN’s CV.

The Bottle Cottage

Thought we could take a look at the PALLETS part of this building today.

When collection bottles in Nelspruit I saw at the Glass place, they had pallets for free. Then big bins of glass off cuts.  I can use this!

 Long ago I met a chap that made Damp Proofing with Polystyrene, as you may well know that stuff is terrible for the ecology, just does NOT break down and go away. Recycling for something to become yet another piece of junk to be tossed in a landfill is…. Moronic. By dissolving Polystyrene into a chemical called Xylene until is get you get a thick liquid, that you then “paint” onto your problem wall. The , I called it Polyxylene here, is basically liquid plastic, when applied it soaks into the wall and sets in a very thin plastic … sheet? Inside the wall. Ok. I would need that but thought about what I had on hand. Pallets, glass and Polyxylene.

Now if I dissolved enough Polystyrene I could make a thick glue. Then use the big off cuts to put in the gaps of the pallets. Used silicone to attach the glass, coated that with thick Polyxylene, cruche different coloured glass into small pieces and glued them on. The thick Polyxylene takes a long time to dry, two days even in the hot Bushveld. But. Had other ideas for the Pallet Panels.

In the shed at VeloGecko was a lot of Roof Waterproofing cans of paint and those strips of clothe one puts down then paints over. This would protect the rather poor wood pallets are made of. As you see by the photos I did a few variations of these ideas, and the end result…….

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