Sentence:  Despite the opposition of the city newspapers , the Pratt Hall meeting `` brought together a very respectable audience , composed in part of those who had been distinguished for years for their radical views upon the subject of slavery , of many of our colored citizens , and of those who were attracted to the <WSD>place</WSD> by the novelty of such a gathering '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a point located with respect to surface features of some region