Cheap City buildings???

Nice find. If I had an urban scene, I would definitely be ordering some of those. There is definitely a place for HO structures in the background of O-gauge layouts. Without a bit of forced perspective, layouts tend to look flat and toy-like.

I just visited a friend's layout. He has bought HO scale industrial buildings (mostly w/o people doors) with the bigger windows. He opens up the freight doors and raises the building with a foundation to allow cars into the building. If there is a people door it can be cut out and replaced by an O scale door. I was admiring the building and was surprised when he said it was HO scale.

I would sure like to see some more modern looking buildings like this in O scale. We need a little more variety, IMO.