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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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Feed Lot Family Restaurant sign, Main Street, Canyonville, Oregon — Canyonville, Oregon1987
Feed Lot Family Restaurant sign, Main Street, Canyonville, Oregon

Jim's Frostop Restaurant satellite sign, Main Street, Cedar City, Utah — Cedar City, Utah1987
Jim's Frostop Restaurant satellite sign, Main Street, Cedar City, Utah

Irish Times Pub Clock-sign, Main Street, Butte, Montana — Butte, Montana2004
Irish Times Pub Clock-sign, Main Street, Butte, Montana

Fireside Cafe Canopy and sign, Main Street, Walsenburg, Colorado — Walsenburg, Colorado1991
Fireside Cafe Canopy and sign, Main Street, Walsenburg, Colorado

Ice cream sign, horizontal, Main Street, Le Grand, Iowa — Le Grand, Iowa1980
Ice cream sign, horizontal, Main Street, Le Grand, Iowa

Ice cream sign, vertical, Main Street, Le Grand, Iowa — Le Grand, Iowa1980
Ice cream sign, vertical, Main Street, Le Grand, Iowa

Charburg ice cream sign, E. Main Street, Enid, Oklahoma — Enid, Oklahoma1979
Charburg ice cream sign, E. Main Street, Enid, Oklahoma

Borden's ice cream sign, Main Street, Coyle, Oklahoma — Coyle, Oklahoma1996
Borden's ice cream sign, Main Street, Coyle, Oklahoma

Gary's Thick Shakes ice cream sign, N. Main Street (Route 17), Jacksonville, Florida — Jacksonville, Florida1979
Gary's Thick Shakes ice cream sign, N. Main Street (Route 17), Jacksonville, Florida

Gile & Son Mobil Gasoline sign, Main Street, Delhi, New York — Delhi, New York1976
Gile & Son Mobil Gasoline sign, Main Street, Delhi, New York

Bradley's Mobil hand-painted gasoline sign, Main Street, Franklin, New York — Franklin, New York1976
Bradley's Mobil hand-painted gasoline sign, Main Street, Franklin, New York

Gulf Gasoline sign, decayed, Main Street, Walsenburg, Colorado — Walsenburg, Colorado1991
Gulf Gasoline sign, decayed, Main Street, Walsenburg, Colorado

Mobil gas pump, Main Street, Hay Springs, Nebraska — Hay Springs, Nebraska1980
Mobil gas pump, Main Street, Hay Springs, Nebraska

All Star Lanes Bowling sign, Broadway, Salina, Kansas — Salina, Kansas1996
All Star Lanes Bowling sign, Broadway, Salina, Kansas

Rooster statue at Shirt World, Route 441, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee — Pigeon Forge, Tennessee1984
Rooster statue at Shirt World, Route 441, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Kim Bowl building sign, Birch Street, Kimball, Nebraska — Kimball, Nebraska1993
Kim Bowl building sign, Birch Street, Kimball, Nebraska

VFW sign, B-40, Route 66, Winslow, Arizona — Winslow, Arizona2003
VFW sign, B-40, Route 66, Winslow, Arizona

Moose Home sign, Vine Street, Missoula, Montana — Missoula, Montana1987
Moose Home sign, Vine Street, Missoula, Montana

Pin n' Cue Bowling Alley sign, Smelter Avenue, Great Falls, Montana — Great Falls, Montana1987
Pin n' Cue Bowling Alley sign, Smelter Avenue, Great Falls, Montana

Pin n' Cue Bowling Alley facade sign, Smelter Avenue, Great Falls, Montana — Great Falls, Montana1987
Pin n' Cue Bowling Alley facade sign, Smelter Avenue, Great Falls, Montana

Sunset Bowl sign, Central Avenue, Billings, Montana — Billings, Montana2004
Sunset Bowl sign, Central Avenue, Billings, Montana

F.O.E. (Eagles) sign, Main Street, Laurel, Montana — Laurel, Montana2004
F.O.E. (Eagles) sign, Main Street, Laurel, Montana

D.J.'s Palace Bowling sign, Main Street, [i.e. 1 Colorado Ave.], Laurel, Montana — Laurel, Montana2004
D.J.'s Palace Bowling sign, Main Street, [i.e. 1 Colorado Ave.], Laurel, Montana

Mexico Ledger (newspaper) sign, Love & Washington Street, Mexico, Missouri — Mexico, Missouri2003
Mexico Ledger (newspaper) sign, Love & Washington Street, Mexico, Missouri