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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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Gaffney Building & Beadles Building (1890), angle 1A, Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma — Guthrie, Oklahoma1996
Gaffney Building & Beadles Building (1890), angle 1A, Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma

Gaffney Building & Beadles Building (1890), angle 1B, Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma — Guthrie, Oklahoma1996
Gaffney Building & Beadles Building (1890), angle 1B, Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma

Blockfront, Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma — Guthrie, Oklahoma1996
Blockfront, Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma

The Victor Building (1893), 1st & Harrison, Guthrie, Oklahoma — Guthrie, Oklahoma1996
The Victor Building (1893), 1st & Harrison, Guthrie, Oklahoma

Gray Brothers Building (1890), angle 1, Oklahoma Avenue & Division Street, Guthrie, Oklahoma — Guthrie, Oklahoma1996
Gray Brothers Building (1890), angle 1, Oklahoma Avenue & Division Street, Guthrie, Oklahoma

Gray Brothers Building (1890), angle 2, Oklahoma Avenue & Division Street, Guthrie, Oklahoma — Guthrie, Oklahoma1996
Gray Brothers Building (1890), angle 2, Oklahoma Avenue & Division Street, Guthrie, Oklahoma

Bieber [i.e. Bierber] Anderson Building (1898), 116 Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma — Guthrie, Oklahoma1996
Bieber [i.e. Bierber] Anderson Building (1898), 116 Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma

Edison [i.e. Madison] East High School, angle 1, E. Washington Street, Madison, Wisconsin — Madison, Wisconsin2008
Edison [i.e. Madison] East High School, angle 1, E. Washington Street, Madison, Wisconsin

Edison East High School, angle 2, E. Washington Street, Madison, Wisconsin — Madison, Wisconsin2008
Edison East High School, angle 2, E. Washington Street, Madison, Wisconsin

Municipal Building, Santa Barbara, California — Santa Barbara, California1976
Municipal Building, Santa Barbara, California

Old City Hall, angle 1, 7th & Orange Streets, Riverside, California — Riverside, California1977
Old City Hall, angle 1, 7th & Orange Streets, Riverside, California

Old City Hall, angle 2, 7th & Orange Streets, Riverside, California — Riverside, California1977
Old City Hall, angle 2, 7th & Orange Streets, Riverside, California

Maywood City Hall, Slauson & NE Fishburn, Maywood, Los Angeles, California — Los Angeles, California1977
Maywood City Hall, Slauson & NE Fishburn, Maywood, Los Angeles, California

Auditorium, Bakersfield City School District, Bakersfield, California — Bakersfield, California2003
Auditorium, Bakersfield City School District, Bakersfield, California

Central Fire Station, 21st & H, Bakersfield, California — Bakersfield, California1987
Central Fire Station, 21st & H, Bakersfield, California

City Hall, Uncompahgre Avenue, Montrose, Colorado — Montrose, Colorado1991
City Hall, Uncompahgre Avenue, Montrose, Colorado

Central Block (Chamber of Commerce) (1901), Water Street, Decorah, Iowa — Decorah, Iowa2003
Central Block (Chamber of Commerce) (1901), Water Street, Decorah, Iowa

Post Office, 5th & D, Fairbury, Nebraska — Fairbury, Nebraska1993
Post Office, 5th & D, Fairbury, Nebraska

City Hall, angle 1, S. 5th Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon — Klamath Falls, Oregon2003
City Hall, angle 1, S. 5th Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon

City Hall, angle 2, S. 5th Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon — Klamath Falls, Oregon2003
City Hall, angle 2, S. 5th Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon

Municipal Building, Hudson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma1993
Municipal Building, Hudson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Rock Bluff School, Old Town Museum, Elk City, Oklahoma — Elk City, Oklahoma1987
Rock Bluff School, Old Town Museum, Elk City, Oklahoma

Mineral Wells High School, angle 1, Hibbard Street, Mineral Wells, Texas — Mineral Wells, Texas1993
Mineral Wells High School, angle 1, Hibbard Street, Mineral Wells, Texas

Mineral Wells High School, angle 2, Hibbard Street, Mineral Wells, Texas — Mineral Wells, Texas1993
Mineral Wells High School, angle 2, Hibbard Street, Mineral Wells, Texas