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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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Florida National Bank, vertical view, Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, Florida — Coral Gables, Florida1980
Florida National Bank, vertical view, Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, Florida

Granite Savings Bank, Route 14, Barre, Vermont — Barre, Vermont1984
Granite Savings Bank, Route 14, Barre, Vermont

Farmers State Bank (now an historical society), horizontal angle view, Second Street, Deposit, New York — Deposit, New York2004
Farmers State Bank (now an historical society), horizontal angle view, Second Street, Deposit, New York

Farmers State Bank (now an historical society), vertical straight-on view, Second Street, Deposit, New York — Deposit, New York2004
Farmers State Bank (now an historical society), vertical straight-on view, Second Street, Deposit, New York

Merchants National Bank (designed by Purcell & Elmslie), angle view of facade, Third & Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota — Winona, Minnesota1988
Merchants National Bank (designed by Purcell & Elmslie), angle view of facade, Third & Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota

Merchants National Bank (designed by Purcell & Elmslie), entrance detail 1, Third & Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota — Winona, Minnesota1988
Merchants National Bank (designed by Purcell & Elmslie), entrance detail 1, Third & Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota

Merchants National Bank (designed by Purcell & Elmslie), entrance detail 2, Third & Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota — Winona, Minnesota1988
Merchants National Bank (designed by Purcell & Elmslie), entrance detail 2, Third & Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota

Merchants National Bank (designed by Purcell & Elmslie), terra cotta front detail, Third & Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota — Winona, Minnesota1988
Merchants National Bank (designed by Purcell & Elmslie), terra cotta front detail, Third & Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota

Merchants National Bank (designed by Purcell & Elmslie), corner detail 1, Third & Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota — Winona, Minnesota1988
Merchants National Bank (designed by Purcell & Elmslie), corner detail 1, Third & Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota

Merchants National Bank (designed by Purcell & Elmslie), corner detail 2, Third & Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota — Winona, Minnesota1988
Merchants National Bank (designed by Purcell & Elmslie), corner detail 2, Third & Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota

Norwest Bank (designed by Louis Sullivan), horizontal view, Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota — Owatonna, Minnesota1988
Norwest Bank (designed by Louis Sullivan), horizontal view, Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota

Norwest Bank (designed by Louis Sullivan), vertical view, Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota — Owatonna, Minnesota1988
Norwest Bank (designed by Louis Sullivan), vertical view, Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota

Norwest Bank (designed by Louis Sullivan), lunette detail, Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota — Owatonna, Minnesota1988
Norwest Bank (designed by Louis Sullivan), lunette detail, Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota

Norwest Bank (designed by Louis Sullivan), corner detail view, Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota — Owatonna, Minnesota1988
Norwest Bank (designed by Louis Sullivan), corner detail view, Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota

Norwest Bank (designed by Louis Sullivan), terra cotta detail, Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota — Owatonna, Minnesota1988
Norwest Bank (designed by Louis Sullivan), terra cotta detail, Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota

Amsterdam Savings Bank, Amsterdam, New York — Amsterdam, New York1995
Amsterdam Savings Bank, Amsterdam, New York

South Umpqua State Bank, Central & State Streets, Sutherlin, Oregon — Sutherlin, Oregon1987
South Umpqua State Bank, Central & State Streets, Sutherlin, Oregon

First Interstate Bank, Locust Street, Oakland, Oregon — Oakland, Oregon1987
First Interstate Bank, Locust Street, Oakland, Oregon

First National Bank, Fergusan Street, Wood River, Illinois — Wood River, Illinois1991
First National Bank, Fergusan Street, Wood River, Illinois

First National Bank (now a restaurant), 201 E. Main Street, Fairfield, Illinois — Fairfield, Illinois1993
First National Bank (now a restaurant), 201 E. Main Street, Fairfield, Illinois

Odebolt State Bank, W. 2nd Street, Odebolt, Iowa — Odebolt, Iowa1987
Odebolt State Bank, W. 2nd Street, Odebolt, Iowa

Bank of Delaware County, Main Street, Delhi, New York — Delhi, New York2007
Bank of Delaware County, Main Street, Delhi, New York

Production Credit Building, overall diagonal view, 3rd & Gold, Albuquerque, New Mexico — Albuquerque, New Mexico1979
Production Credit Building, overall diagonal view, 3rd & Gold, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Production Credit Building (which then became the Occidental Life Company Building), overall diagonal view, 3rd & Gold, Albuquerque, New Mexico — Albuquerque, New Mexico2003
Production Credit Building (which then became the Occidental Life Company Building), overall diagonal view, 3rd & Gold, Albuquerque, New Mexico