Not long ago, it was a weed-choked illegal dump, full of engine blocks, car seats, 55-gallon drums and leftover concrete.
We're supposed to see Snow White and The Huntsman as an epic – a rain-drenched, mud-spattered epic, full of siege engines, burning villages, and all sorts of borrowings from The Lord of the Rings and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
And while the Stadia presentation showed a screen full of game engines and tools that would work within the new gamedev framework there, they did not show a screen full of developer and publisher logos as announced partners.
"We'll see how fast these parts go," said Afrasibi, pointing to the German import on his lot, which is chock full of rims, engines and clunkers that have now found their ultimate resting place until they find a new home inside an old jalopy.
There are portholes and rigging, a boatswain's store and a wardroom, and a proper bridge, complete with wheel and a full set of engine order telegraphs.
And it's a competitive space chock full of job search engines, including the fast-growing Indeed, Yahoo's HotJobs (Which Yahoo may be abandoning) and Monster.
Ultimately it gets so full of sludge the engine's going to break down".
The whir of engines at full boil picks up.
At T-minus-two-seconds comes ignition, then the powerful rumble of engines at full throttle.
"I was trying to figure out how to get back on the B.Q.E., and everywhere I went, every intersection was full of ambulances and fire engines".
