Somewhat OT here... I was thinking of Stewart's and Sellios' layouts today and their early 20th century urban scenes.
And I was reminded of the movie Godfather II, where a young Vito Corleone (played by a young Robert DeNiro) is getting his start in his...um..business. It takes place in the Little Italy district of NYC in the early part of the 20th century. It looked crowded. Laundry strung between buildings, open trash burning, live chickens in the road...lots of clutter and grime.
I trust Francis Ford Coppola's, Rod Stewart's, and George Sellios' research about what things looked like back then are a much better gauge for realism than are my simple perceptions of what things looked like back then.
- Douglas
DoughlessI trust Francis Ford Coppola's, Rod Stewart's, and George Sellios' research about what things looked like back then are a much better gauge for realism than are my simple perceptions of what things looked like back then.
Here are some color slides of New York in the '40s and '50s shot by Charles Cushman.
http://forgotten-ny.com/2007/05/charles-cushmans-1940s-nyc-color-views/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2036932/New-York-City-photos-Charles-W-Cushman-reveal-1940s-life-Big-Apple.html
BTW, I love the scene where Vito is running along the rooftops, stalking his victim.
Steve S