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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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Monty's Garden Restaurant neon entrance sign, Route 12, Leominster, Massachusetts

Uranium Cafe Chinese sign, Route 66, Grants, New Mexico

Christie's Restaurant sign, cowboy shrimp, Houston, Texas

Ko-Ko-Mo Dine In Your Car sign, Routes 79 & 80, Bossier City, Louisiana

The Tower Bowl, overall-angle view, Broadway near Kettner, San Diego, California

The Tower Bowl, left side of tower detail, Broadway near Kettner, San Diego, California

The Tower Bowl, straight-on tower view 2, Broadway near Kettner, San Diego, California

Former auto showroom, glass tile facade, overall view, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Former auto showroom, glass tile facade, detail 1, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Former auto showroom, glass tile facade, detail 2, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Anna's Castle (law office), 6th Avenue, Ouray, Colorado

Harris Linen & Lace Shop, Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado

Wonder Bread Store, B-80, Rock Springs, Wyoming

Hollywood Dream Factory, Sylvania Avenue, Toledo, Ohio

A to Z Video, Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

Wedberg Building, Lincoln Highway, De Kalb, Illinois

Wedberg Building, terra cotta detail, Lincoln Highway, De Kalb, Illinois

Arctic Fur Shop, State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts

Wrangler Western Wear, Lincolnway & Capitol Drive, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Sailor Bills Tattooing, Victory Drive, Columbus, Georgia

Leo's Key Service, Amsterdam Avenue, (73-74 Streets), New York City, New York

1 Hour Cleaning, 20 Campbell Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia

Debbie's Pawn Shop, Court & 2nd Streets, Weston, West Virginia
