Reykjavík Grapevine - 23.05.2008, Page 14

14 | Reykjavík Grapevine | Issue 06 2008 | Feature
Pretty Vacant
Walk down Laugavegur,
or just about any other
street in Reykjavík’s cen-
tre, and you might get the
idea that you were locat-
ed in an industrial part of
a remote city in Eastern
Europe. Boarded up va-
cants, empty storefronts
and ruins of old build-
ings that ceased to be are
something that most peo-
ple associate with slums,
rather than commercial
centres of vibrant cities,
such as Reykjavík.