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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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Commercial building, vertical, Main Street, Goldfield, Iowa — Goldfield, Iowa1987
Commercial building, vertical, Main Street, Goldfield, Iowa

Commercial building, horizontal, Main Street, Goldfield, Iowa — Goldfield, Iowa1987
Commercial building, horizontal, Main Street, Goldfield, Iowa

CSI Employment, Broadway, Fairfield, Iowa — Fairfield, Iowa2003
CSI Employment, Broadway, Fairfield, Iowa

Commercial building Cornice, 1st Avenue, Dyersville, Iowa — Dyersville, Iowa2003
Commercial building Cornice, 1st Avenue, Dyersville, Iowa

Laurell [?] Building, NE Sycamore & 2nd Street, Muscatine, Iowa — Muscatine, Iowa1988
Laurell [?] Building, NE Sycamore & 2nd Street, Muscatine, Iowa

Street view, Solvang, California — Solvang, California1976
Street view, Solvang, California

Street view 2, Solvang, California — Solvang, California1976
Street view 2, Solvang, California

City Electric Shoe Shop (old Theater?), Cole [i.e. Coal] Avenue, Gallup, New Mexico — Gallup, New Mexico2003
City Electric Shoe Shop (old Theater?), Cole [i.e. Coal] Avenue, Gallup, New Mexico

Soft Water Wash, Main Street, Ocean Park, California — Ocean Park, California1976
Soft Water Wash, Main Street, Ocean Park, California

Harris Department Store, angle 2, E Street, San Bernardino, California — San Bernardino, California1991
Harris Department Store, angle 2, E Street, San Bernardino, California

Thrift Store, Baseline [i.e. Base Line] Street, San Bernardino, California — San Bernardino, California1991
Thrift Store, Baseline [i.e. Base Line] Street, San Bernardino, California

Lanmart [i.e. Lan Mart] Building (1911), Petaluma Boulevard, Petaluma, California — Petaluma, California2003
Lanmart [i.e. Lan Mart] Building (1911), Petaluma Boulevard, Petaluma, California

Gift Shop (redwood), Route 101, Orick, California — Orick, California1991
Gift Shop (redwood), Route 101, Orick, California

Retro deco building, Route 41, Morro Bay, California — Morro Bay, California2003
Retro deco building, Route 41, Morro Bay, California

Pacific Boats, 1927 [i.e. 1427] Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, California — Long Beach, California1977
Pacific Boats, 1927 [i.e. 1427] Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, California

Model Drive In Cleaner, angle 1, 25th & Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, California — Long Beach, California1977
Model Drive In Cleaner, angle 1, 25th & Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, California

Model Drive In Cleaner, angle, 25th & Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, California — Long Beach, California1977
Model Drive In Cleaner, angle, 25th & Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, California

Repp & Mott Auction House, angle 1, 2501 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, California — Long Beach, California1977
Repp & Mott Auction House, angle 1, 2501 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, California

Repp & Mott Auction House, angle 2, further away, 201 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, California — Long Beach, California1977
Repp & Mott Auction House, angle 2, further away, 201 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, California

Boulevard Furniture, El Cajon Boulevard, El Cajon, California — El Cajon, California2003
Boulevard Furniture, El Cajon Boulevard, El Cajon, California

Ruth [i.e. Roth] Draperies, Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California — Los Angeles, California1976
Ruth [i.e. Roth] Draperies, Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

R & R Blue Print Company, 1227 Avalon Boulevard, Wilmington, California — Wilmington, California1977
R & R Blue Print Company, 1227 Avalon Boulevard, Wilmington, California

Foodman Market, Pacific Coast Highway, Wilmington, California — Wilmington, California1977
Foodman Market, Pacific Coast Highway, Wilmington, California

Gilbert 5 10 25, 1st [i.e. I Street] & Avalon Boulevard, Wilmington, California — Wilmington, California1977
Gilbert 5 10 25, 1st [i.e. I Street] & Avalon Boulevard, Wilmington, California