Directly across from where Kirkland waits at about mid-block is a big, 
three-story building of chrome, steel, and glass. Most of the chrome shows signs 
of fire damage, and most of the glass is either smashed or covered with plastic 
sheeting. The asphalt lot surrounding the place is littered with trash and there 
are even a couple of abandoned, smashed up, stripped-down autos. A chain-link 
fence with twin gates crosses the front of the property. A large sign standing 
just inside the fence announces that the place is available for sale or lease, 
et cetera, et cetera.