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Main Street.

A streetscape gathers many separate decisions into a single view. Shopfronts, upper windows, signs and gaps between buildings reveal the rhythm of a place without requiring a single spectacular landmark. Margolies’s Main Street photographs invite a slower kind of looking: read from one façade to the next, notice differences in scale, and follow where a sign interrupts the roofline. State and city filters allow neighboring views to be considered together.

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Fairmont Opera House, angle 1, Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, [Minnesota] — Fairmont, Minnesota1988
Fairmont Opera House, angle 1, Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, [Minnesota]

Fairmont Opera House, angle 2, Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, [Minnesota] — Fairmont, Minnesota1988
Fairmont Opera House, angle 2, Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, [Minnesota]

L.P. Larson Opera House, Broad Street, Fremont, Nebraska — Fremont, Nebraska1988
L.P. Larson Opera House, Broad Street, Fremont, Nebraska

Smith's Opera House, angle 1, Seneca Street, Geneva, New York — Geneva, New York1995
Smith's Opera House, angle 1, Seneca Street, Geneva, New York

Smith's Opera House, angle 2, Seneca Street, Geneva, New York — Geneva, New York1995
Smith's Opera House, angle 2, Seneca Street, Geneva, New York

The Opera House (1882), overall angle view, Boyce Street, Newberry, South Carolina — Newberry, South Carolina1988
The Opera House (1882), overall angle view, Boyce Street, Newberry, South Carolina

The Opera House (1882), tower detail, Boyce Street, Newberry, South Carolina — Newberry, South Carolina1988
The Opera House (1882), tower detail, Boyce Street, Newberry, South Carolina

Auditorium, overall diagonal view, South 13th Street, Tacoma, Washington — Tacoma, Washington2003
Auditorium, overall diagonal view, South 13th Street, Tacoma, Washington

Auditorium, central vertical view, South 13th Street, Tacoma, Washington — Tacoma, Washington2003
Auditorium, central vertical view, South 13th Street, Tacoma, Washington

Auditorium, horizontal close-up of entrance, South 13th Street, Tacoma, Washington — Tacoma, Washington2003
Auditorium, horizontal close-up of entrance, South 13th Street, Tacoma, Washington

Auditorium, different angle, South 13th Street, Tacoma, Washington — Tacoma, Washington2003
Auditorium, different angle, South 13th Street, Tacoma, Washington

Ford Block (1879), Broad Street, Rome, Georgia — Rome, Georgia1980
Ford Block (1879), Broad Street, Rome, Georgia

Buell Building, overall diagonal view, 6th & St. Joseph, Rapid City, South Dakota — Rapid City, South Dakota1987
Buell Building, overall diagonal view, 6th & St. Joseph, Rapid City, South Dakota

Double Star Studio, Oklahoma Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma1997
Double Star Studio, Oklahoma Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Frank G. Ray Building, horizontal view, 1st Avenue, Vinton, Iowa — Vinton, Iowa2003
Frank G. Ray Building, horizontal view, 1st Avenue, Vinton, Iowa

Corner commercial building, Jobs Lane, Southampton, New York — Southampton, New York1989
Corner commercial building, Jobs Lane, Southampton, New York

Tivoli Building, overall view, Lincolnway, Cheyenne, Wyoming — Cheyenne, Wyoming2004
Tivoli Building, overall view, Lincolnway, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Tivoli Building, door detail, Lincolnway, Cheyenne, Wyoming — Cheyenne, Wyoming2004
Tivoli Building, door detail, Lincolnway, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Corner Building, Main & Liberty Streets, Jackson, Illinois — Jackson, Illinois2003
Corner Building, Main & Liberty Streets, Jackson, Illinois

Center block, Las Vegas, New Mexico — Las Vegas, New Mexico2003
Center block, Las Vegas, New Mexico

McDougal Building (1898), overall vertical, Main & Gabilan, Salinas, California — Salinas, California1991
McDougal Building (1898), overall vertical, Main & Gabilan, Salinas, California

McDougal Building (1898), corner detail, Main & Gabilan, Salinas, California — Salinas, California1991
McDougal Building (1898), corner detail, Main & Gabilan, Salinas, California

McDougal Building, entrance multi-columns, Main & Gabilan, Salinas, California — Salinas, California1991
McDougal Building, entrance multi-columns, Main & Gabilan, Salinas, California

McDougal Building, entrance multi-columns detail, Main & Gabilan, Salinas, California — Salinas, California1991
McDougal Building, entrance multi-columns detail, Main & Gabilan, Salinas, California