On May 3, 1901, a devastating fire wiped out downtown Jacksonville. It was the largest city fire in the Southeastern United States, destroying the city’s business district and leaving 10,000 residents homeless. The glow from the flames was seen in Savannah, Georgia, and smoke was observed from as far away as Raleigh, North Carolina. The city was virtually rebuilt within 11 years after the fire, adding more than 13,000 buildings, including this new home for the historic Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, completed in 1910. This church, which had been destroyed twice – once by Union artillery during the Civil War, and again by the great fire, appears here against a solid background of new construction. I zoomed in on its pair of red steeples, cropping them to imply a sense of infinity – regardless of war and fire, they continue to endure through time, without limitations. When the main steeple was built, it became the highest point in Jacksonville until 1913. The commercial buildings in the background may dwarf these steeples, yet they stand in bold contrast to the bland commercial architecture filling the rest of the frame.