21.   It was late afternoon, a few workmen were here and there in the empty building, and a podium was set up behind one basket.

22.   Likewise, bombs aimed at outposts of the Taliban may find empty buildings that leave those Islamic fundamentalists in power.

23.   Nor are any planned for the swath of construction that is expected nearby in a depressed neighborhood of empty buildings straddling the Truckee River.

24.   Now the empty buildings, with their barred windows, pose problems.

25.   On sunny days, the nearby office buildings empty and workers from all rungs of the ladder stretch out on the nicely clipped lawn and plentiful benches.

26.   Refugee centers take up almost every empty public building in Tirana, and parks and parking lots have turned into filthy tent cities.

27.   Soho Grand Street in Soho looks like a drab backwater, with parking lots, broken sidewalks and many empty buildings.

28.   Still, there is no sense of panic, and for every empty building, another restaurant or shopping center seems to open.

29.   Such cases are common in Italy, where empty buildings dot the landscape, particularly in parts of the country drained by emigration.

30.   Subway later opened seven stores within that zone, putting the operator out of business and leaving the landlord with an empty building.