Rows of chimneys crown the roofline of a 19th-century English tenement, rendered in dirty rose and black against a clear blue pop-art sky. Once the breath of domestic life, these flues carried coal smoke from dozens of hearths—symbols of heat, routine, and survival. Now, all but one persistent chimney pot stands dormant. A single wisp of smoke curls upward, quiet but insistent, marking the lingering presence of an energy practice the city has largely left behind. Burning coal has given way to natural gas and central heating—cleaner and more efficient. The Last Fire captures the moment of near-complete transition, where the building still bears the last gasp of energy use from an older world. These chimneys now persist mostly in form not in function—monuments to what once was common, now nearly extinguished.