human
Produce a detailed written description of a depressing scene in a town square with a bank and a banner.
assistant
A low, sprawling building made of grey sandstone and blue mortar dominates the square. A pair of roaring griffons carved in granite flank its arching entranceway. Thrusting forward from its faded, white tiled roof is a banner portraying the movement of coins from hand to open hand, on a field of silver: the Bank of the Port. Despite the splendor the bank is boarded up, a victim of poor times and stiff competition.