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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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Time Realty, Sandy Avenue, Portland, Oregon — Portland, Oregon1980
Time Realty, Sandy Avenue, Portland, Oregon

Law offices, Bill Williams Avenue, Williams, Arizona — Williams, Arizona1987
Law offices, Bill Williams Avenue, Williams, Arizona

Country Club Plaza, Nichols Road & Central Street, Kansas City, Missouri — Kansas City, Missouri1994
Country Club Plaza, Nichols Road & Central Street, Kansas City, Missouri

Merle Norman Studio, San Marco Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida — Jacksonville, Florida1979
Merle Norman Studio, San Marco Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida

Goodman's Department Store, Route 160, Pagosa Springs, Colorado — Pagosa Springs, Colorado1980
Goodman's Department Store, Route 160, Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Spot Cleaners, Madison Street, Seattle, Washington — Seattle, Washington1980
Spot Cleaners, Madison Street, Seattle, Washington

E & M Super Market, Salem Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia — Roanoke, Virginia1982
E & M Super Market, Salem Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia

Terminal Arcade, Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana — Terre Haute, Indiana1980
Terminal Arcade, Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana

Uptown Cleaners, 12th Street, Quincy, Illinois — Quincy, Illinois1982
Uptown Cleaners, 12th Street, Quincy, Illinois

Franklin Savings Tips Building, South Congress Street [i.e. 710 Congress Ave.], Austin, Texas — Austin, Texas1982
Franklin Savings Tips Building, South Congress Street [i.e. 710 Congress Ave.], Austin, Texas

Malm Quality Jewelers, Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota — Owatonna, Minnesota1981
Malm Quality Jewelers, Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota

Rowe Drugs, Church Street, Ottumwa, Iowa — Ottumwa, Iowa1980
Rowe Drugs, Church Street, Ottumwa, Iowa

A-1 Taxi, Farragut Street, Laredo, Texas — Laredo, Texas1982
A-1 Taxi, Farragut Street, Laredo, Texas

Regent Market, Regent Street, Madison, Wisconsin — Madison, Wisconsin2008
Regent Market, Regent Street, Madison, Wisconsin

Tip Top Cleaners, 3rd Street, Chickasha, Oklahoma — Chickasha, Oklahoma1979
Tip Top Cleaners, 3rd Street, Chickasha, Oklahoma

Herb Furniture, S. Walker, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma1993
Herb Furniture, S. Walker, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Buffet Flat Antiques, angle 1, Route 97, Bend, Oregon — Bend, Oregon1987
Buffet Flat Antiques, angle 1, Route 97, Bend, Oregon

Buffet Flat Antiques, angle 2, Route 97, Bend, Oregon — Bend, Oregon1987
Buffet Flat Antiques, angle 2, Route 97, Bend, Oregon

Subway Station, 116th Street, Rockaway, New York — Rockaway, New York1975
Subway Station, 116th Street, Rockaway, New York

KN Energy, angle 1, Route 30, Sidney, Nebraska — Sidney, Nebraska1993
KN Energy, angle 1, Route 30, Sidney, Nebraska

KN Energy, angle 2, Route 30, Sidney, Nebraska — Sidney, Nebraska1993
KN Energy, angle 2, Route 30, Sidney, Nebraska

OK Meat MarketùWahoo Bakery, Linden Street, Wahoo, Nebraska — Wahoo, Nebraska1980
OK Meat MarketùWahoo Bakery, Linden Street, Wahoo, Nebraska

OK Meat Market, Linden Street, Wahoo, Nebraska — Wahoo, Nebraska1980
OK Meat Market, Linden Street, Wahoo, Nebraska

Wahoo Bakery, Linden Street, Wahoo, Nebraska — Wahoo, Nebraska1980
Wahoo Bakery, Linden Street, Wahoo, Nebraska