human
Please generate a brief description of a foreboding town yard with buildings.
assistant
Clumps of excavated grass lie in browning piles upon the side of the narrow road, their white roots startlingly bright against the ground of packed dirt and grey pebbles. Overcrowded buildings swallow up the open air to the south and west, their slanted roofs nearly blotting out the sky. From somewhere nearby, the scent of freshly cut wood is at odds with that of stale ale.