Photos Posted from the 2016 Tilles Park Bike Race

I have posted a number of my photos from the 2016 Tilles Park Bike Criterium.

Go to the Telles Park page for more photos and a link many more!!! 

Out in Front 

The Peloton

The Peloton 2

Catching the Break

Before The Start! 

New Game Photos Posted for CUW LAX Senior Day!!!

2016 CUW Lacrosse Team Seniors and their families!!! 

New photos from the April 23, Game against the Concordia University Chicago Cougars have been posted on the CUW LAX page!!! Enjoy.

Prince:Is Gone!!! Hard to Believe!!!

The One and Only--Prince! 

I was the same age as him.  He was an icon of breaking and broken rules. He was sex without bounds! An artist, a virtuoso! He lived and performed in a different world!!

Rest In Peace Prince Rogers Nelson! Rest in Peace!!! 

The One and Only Prince: Gone!

St. Louis Urban Images in Black and White - And some in color!

I have been out again driving and shooting photos around my fair city of St. Louis for decades. St. Louis has its share of dead and decaying urban buildings. Many impressive buildings left over from a time when St. Louis was a booming metropolis in par with any major city in the nation. Buildings that have lost their luster but still are rich in detail and beauty. In the past few years however I have noticed a depressing trend.  The copper thieves have been decimating buildings that while vacant for many years had weathered their abandonment fairly well. That is until this scourge of copper thievery. The copper thieves will go to great lengths scale walls, climb on roofs and dangle from steeples to rip off gutters, fascia, trims and other details. Building parts that would and did last almost indefinitely when left only to the elements. Once the copper thieves are finished the gaping wounds that are left behind allow the elements to quickly destroy these buildings. For a few dollars gained at the scrap yard beautiful old historic buildings, buildings that have endured long vacancies, are quickly being destroyed. The lengths these people will go for such small amounts in return are amazing. They will risk life and limb. For a hundred bucks in scrap they cause immense damage in the tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars. I hope you enjoy these photos. Some of these buildings are going to be gone soon. 

Old Church and Buzzard

Smitten and Afflicted!

Steeple

The Green Green Grass of Home 

Green Green Grass in Black and White 

Corner Detail 

Jackson School 

Closed

Bridge and Big Sky

The Orb

Orange With Vent

Closed Color!

Broadway!

Manifold