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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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Federal Building and US Courthouse, wide angle, V Street, Danville, Illinois

Oneida County Courthouse (1887), closer, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Clay County Courthouse, Clay Center, Kansas

Clay County Courthouse, Spencer, Iowa

Clay County Courthouse, Spencer, Iowa

Shackelford County Courthouse, Albany, Texas

Shackelford County Courthouse, Albany, Texas

Shackelford County Courthouse, Albany, Texas

Grant County Courthouse, diagonal, Copper Street, Silver City, New Mexico

Grant County Courthouse, center vertical, Copper Street, Silver City, New Mexico

Grant County Courthouse, entire street, Copper Street, Silver City, New Mexico

Grant County Courthouse, top central detail, Copper Street, Silver City, New Mexico

Grant County Courthouse, straight on, closer, Copper Street, Silver City, New Mexico

Courthouse, East Broadway, Missoula, Montana

Courthouse, East Broadway, Missoula, Montana

Courthouse, East Broadway, Missoula, Montana

Winona County Courthouse, 4th Street, Winona, Minnesota

Winona County Courthouse, 4th Street, Winona, Minnesota

Winona County Courthouse, 4th Street, Winona, Minnesota

Winona County Courthouse, turret, 4th Street, Winona, Minnesota

McCoupan County Courthouse, East 1st Street, Carlinville, Illinois

McCoupan County Courthouse, East 1st Street, Carlinville, Illinois

Canterbury street clock, North Main Street, Twin Falls, Idaho
