The front part of the building was surprisingly grand. It was three stories high, all stone and red brick, and there was even some stained glass clinging on in the higher floors’ windows. It could have belonged to a movie theater, Reacher thought. Or a museum or concert hall. He guessed it had been built in the days before just-in-time logistics, when torrents of merchandise were flowing into the country via the port and people believed that having supplies of valuable goods on hand was a good idea.
