I was culling through some of my older urban exploration (“Urbex”) photos tonight. I came upon this one, which I called “Arch View.” I took my HDR RAW files at the Clemons Mansion in north St. Louis on one of my several trips there in 2015. It was an amazing building in it’s heyday–it was built by the uncle of writer Sam Clemons, who reportedly visited the house several times. That was a long time ago, when one did not need to worry about being in a dangerous dilapidated, mold-infested building where you might accidentally happen upon another human being who feels threatened by your presence. About a year after I took this photo, the building went up in flames. It is now totally destroyed. Which makes me feel fortunate to have at least seen what was left of the building in 2015.