\u00deegar \u00e9g fluttist til Reykjav\u00edkur seint \u00e1 unglings\u00e1rum, r\u00e9tt fyrir 1980, var mi\u00f0borgin svol\u00edti\u00f0 t\u00e6tingslegur skapna\u00f0ur, svo v\u00e6gt s\u00e9 a\u00f0 or\u00f0i komist. \u00d3malbika\u00f0 Hall\u00e6risplani\u00f0 var mi\u00f0punktur r\u00fantsins og \u00feeirrar unglingamenningar sem haf\u00f0i or\u00f0i\u00f0 til \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk. \u00c1 sk\u00e1 handan \u00feessarar mi\u00f0ju okkar \u00f3\u00f3\u00f6ruggu tilveru var br\u00fana\u00feung og ferk\u00f6ntu\u00f0 Morgunbla\u00f0sh\u00f6llin, sem skilgreindi m\u00f6rkin milli hins jar\u00f0neska og himneska. Vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0ina var Fjalak\u00f6tturinn, \u00fea\u00f0 rau\u00f0m\u00e1la\u00f0a v\u00f6lundarh\u00fas, f\u00fai\u00f0 og skakkt en heillandi \u00e1 sinn h\u00e1tt, og st\u00e1ta\u00f0i af elsta b\u00ed\u00f3sal Evr\u00f3pu. Grj\u00f3ta\u00feorpi\u00f0 a\u00f0 baki leit \u00fat eins og versta f\u00e1t\u00e6krahverfi. Og vel man \u00e9g eftir tr\u00e9rampinum undarlega sem l\u00e1 upp \u00e1 b\u00edlast\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00feaki Tollh\u00fassins.<\/p>\n
Sem sveitastr\u00e1k fannst m\u00e9r \u00feetta allt frekar framandi og skr\u00fdti\u00f0, en skildi ekki almennilega hva\u00f0 h\u00e9r haf\u00f0i gerst fyrr en \u00e9g f\u00f3r a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra landfr\u00e6\u00f0i og me\u00f0al annars lesa um s\u00f6gu borgarinnar og skipulag. \u00cd stuttu m\u00e1li er ors\u00f6kin h\u00e9r: Yfir sm\u00e1ger\u00f0a sj\u00e1lfsprottna bygg\u00f0 fr\u00e1 n\u00edtj\u00e1ndu \u00f6ld og fyrri hluta \u00feeirrar tuttugustu haf\u00f0i lagst gr\u00f3fger\u00f0 hugmyndafr\u00e6\u00f0ileg krumla. M\u00f3dern\u00edskar hugmyndir sem m\u00f3tu\u00f0ust \u00ed Evr\u00f3pu og Nor\u00f0ur-Amer\u00edku \u00e1 tuttugustu \u00f6ld \u00ed byggingarlist og skipulagsfr\u00e6\u00f0um h\u00f6f\u00f0u fundi\u00f0 s\u00e9r farveg \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk. Borgin skyldi m\u00f3tu\u00f0 eftir \u00fe\u00f6rfum einkab\u00edlsins og fagurfr\u00e6\u00f0i f\u00fanksj\u00f3nalismans. Sk\u00fdrasta birtingarmynd \u00feessarar hugmyndafr\u00e6\u00f0i, a\u00f0alskipulagi\u00f0 fr\u00e1 1966, er sannarlega st\u00f3rmerkilegt plagg \u00e1 sinn ruddalega h\u00e1tt. <\/p>\n
En einungis r\u00famlega \u00e1ratug s\u00ed\u00f0ar var teki\u00f0 a\u00f0 fjara nokku\u00f0 undan hugmyndafr\u00e6\u00f0ilegu valdi m\u00f3dernismans. Bar\u00e1ttan um Bernh\u00f6ftstorfuna \u00e1 \u00e1ttunda \u00e1ratugnum marka\u00f0i t\u00edmam\u00f3t. Og \u00feegar \u00e9g leit mi\u00f0borgina fyrst augum var h\u00fan ekkert s\u00e9rstaklega heildst\u00e6\u00f0. Allt virtist \u00ed bi\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0u. S\u00e9rstaklega var sv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0 fr\u00e1 L\u00e6kjartorgi ni\u00f0ur a\u00f0 h\u00f6fn g\u00f6t\u00f3tt og lj\u00f3tt \u00e1s\u00fdndum. <\/p>\n
N\u00fa \u00e1ri\u00f0 2018 er loksins langt komi\u00f0 me\u00f0 a\u00f0 fylla \u00ed g\u00f6tin \u00ed mi\u00f0borg Reykjav\u00edkur, sem var sannarlega t\u00edmab\u00e6rt. M\u00e9r hugnast grunnhugmyndin \u00e1g\u00e6tlega: \u00de\u00e9tt borgarbygg\u00f0 me\u00f0 verslunum ne\u00f0st en \u00edb\u00fa\u00f0um ofar. Miklar byggingaframkv\u00e6mdir hafa sta\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir undanfarin \u00e1r. En undanfarna m\u00e1nu\u00f0i hafa n\u00fdbyggingarnar nor\u00f0an L\u00e6kjartorgs veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 koma \u00ed lj\u00f3s undan vinnup\u00f6llunum. Og m\u00e9r d\u00e1mar satt a\u00f0 segja ekki alls kostar \u00fea\u00f0 sem \u00e9g s\u00e9. N\u00fdju h\u00fasin l\u00fdsa fullkomnu frati \u00e1 s\u00f6gu og s\u00e9rkenni eldri bygg\u00f0ar \u00ed Kvosinni. Fagurfr\u00e6\u00f0i \u00feeirra er fagurfr\u00e6\u00f0i hins al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0lega au\u00f0hyggjusamf\u00e9lags, sneydd \u00f6llum tilv\u00edsunum til sta\u00f0arins sj\u00e1lfs. \u00cdb\u00fa\u00f0irnar \u00e1 efstu h\u00e6\u00f0unum eru svo d\u00fdrar a\u00f0 bara \u00feeir ofurr\u00edku koma til greina. Vi\u00f0eigandi er kannski a\u00f0 fyrsta verslunin sem t\u00f3k s\u00e9r b\u00f3lfestu skuli hafa veri\u00f0 H&M \u2013 al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0leg ke\u00f0ja sem geti\u00f0 hefur s\u00e9r or\u00f0 fyrir a\u00f0 skeyta hvorki um sk\u00f6mm n\u00e9 hei\u00f0ur \u00feegar sta\u00f0bundi\u00f0 samf\u00e9lag er annars vegar. \u00cd mi\u00f0borg Reykjav\u00edkur er h\u00e9r komi\u00f0 eins konar Hall\u00e6risplan au\u00f0hyggjunnar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00deegar \u00e9g fluttist til Reykjav\u00edkur seint \u00e1 unglings\u00e1rum, r\u00e9tt fyrir 1980, var mi\u00f0borgin svol\u00edti\u00f0 t\u00e6tingslegur skapna\u00f0ur, svo v\u00e6gt s\u00e9 a\u00f0 or\u00f0i komist. \u00d3malbika\u00f0 Hall\u00e6risplani\u00f0 var mi\u00f0punktur r\u00fantsins og \u00feeirrar unglingamenningar sem haf\u00f0i or\u00f0i\u00f0 til \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk. \u00c1 sk\u00e1 handan \u00feessarar mi\u00f0ju okkar \u00f3\u00f3\u00f6ruggu tilveru var br\u00fana\u00feung og ferk\u00f6ntu\u00f0 Morgunbla\u00f0sh\u00f6llin, sem skilgreindi m\u00f6rkin milli hins jar\u00f0neska […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}