RALPH BURTAIN SPENT 2 YEARS OF HIS LIFE GOING FROM SITE TO SITE IN THE LEBRETON FLATS DURING THE EXPROPRIATIONS TO CAPTURE THE HERITAGE THAT WAS ABOUT TO BE LOST.  THE PAINTING BELOW WAS DRAWN ON BROAD STREET (IN FRONT OF THE PALACE HOUSE) AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACGROUND THE CENTURY OLD (AT THE TIME) JAMES DAVIDSON LUMBER MILL WHICH DEPICTS THE INDUSTRIAL CHARACTER OF THE CORE OF THE CITY OF OTTAWA AT THE TIME