Sentence:  There <WSD>was</WSD> a small , neon-lighted restaurant and cocktail lounge on the southeast corner of the intersection as he turned into the quiet , palm-lined street where most of the houses on both sides were older two-story mansions , now cut up into furnished rooms and housekeeping apartments . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere