01-25-2013, 10:40 AM
While browsing archives pictures, I found out this amazing view of Quebec City taken from CPR Palace Station Yard in 1930 (few years before the downtown wnet into disrepair and suffered the so called urban renewal which discarded Palace Station for a while).
![[Image: Queacutebec-Skyline-1930-small_zps3de9b198.jpg]](http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt111/sailormatlac/Hedley%20Junction/Queacutebec-Skyline-1930-small_zps3de9b198.jpg)
I'm thinking about using it as background for the Bassin Louise area of the layout to get the right feel for the place. Most recognizable landmarks are gathered in this picture (Palace Station, Price Building, Chateau Frontenac, Cathedral, Laval University, City Hall and Hotel-Dieu Hospital before it was butchered in 1954). I'm not sure if I'll try to lightling colorize the picture or just give it a bluish hint to give it some depth).
The picture is 8 feet long, 3 feet high. The funny thing is that boxcars in foreground are almost HO scale!
Matt
I'm thinking about using it as background for the Bassin Louise area of the layout to get the right feel for the place. Most recognizable landmarks are gathered in this picture (Palace Station, Price Building, Chateau Frontenac, Cathedral, Laval University, City Hall and Hotel-Dieu Hospital before it was butchered in 1954). I'm not sure if I'll try to lightling colorize the picture or just give it a bluish hint to give it some depth).
The picture is 8 feet long, 3 feet high. The funny thing is that boxcars in foreground are almost HO scale!
Matt
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