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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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St. Mary School, straight on, Mesa Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado — Pueblo, Colorado1991
St. Mary School, straight on, Mesa Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado

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

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

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

Post Office, Arapahoe Avenue, Thermopolis, Wyoming — Thermopolis, Wyoming2004
Post Office, Arapahoe Avenue, Thermopolis, Wyoming

Old post office, Monongalia Arts Center, High Street, Morgantown, West Virginia — Morgantown, West Virginia1995
Old post office, Monongalia Arts Center, High Street, Morgantown, West Virginia

Post Office, Main Street, Anaconda, Montana — Anaconda, Montana2004
Post Office, Main Street, Anaconda, Montana

Post Office, Peru, Illinois — Peru, Illinois2003
Post Office, Peru, Illinois

Post Office, Peru, Illinois — Peru, Illinois2003
Post Office, Peru, Illinois

Viking Sew and Vac Center, front, Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana — Missoula, Montana1987
Viking Sew and Vac Center, front, Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana

Viking Sew and Vac Center, front, Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana — Missoula, Montana1987
Viking Sew and Vac Center, front, Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana

Welcome Center, Route 17, Darien, Georgia — Darien, Georgia1979
Welcome Center, Route 17, Darien, Georgia

Lewis-Clark Center for Arts and History, Main Street, Lewiston, Idaho — Lewiston, Idaho2004
Lewis-Clark Center for Arts and History, Main Street, Lewiston, Idaho

California Bridge Center, 945 North Fairfax, Los Angeles, California — Los Angeles, California1976
California Bridge Center, 945 North Fairfax, Los Angeles, California

Welcome to Coeur d'Alene sign, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho — Coeur d'Alene, Idaho2004
Welcome to Coeur d'Alene sign, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Fire Department (1938), detail, Main Street, Weyerhaeuser, Wisconsin — Weyerhaeuser, Wisconsin1988
Fire Department (1938), detail, Main Street, Weyerhaeuser, Wisconsin

Center Fire Station [i.e. Bakersfield Central Fire Station], H Street, Bakersfield, California — Bakersfield, California2003
Center Fire Station [i.e. Bakersfield Central Fire Station], H Street, Bakersfield, California

Fire Department, Main Street, Fon [i.e. Fond] du Lac, Wisconsin — Fond du Lac, Wisconsin1988
Fire Department, Main Street, Fon [i.e. Fond] du Lac, Wisconsin

Firehouse No. 1 (Children' Museum), Commercial Street, Trinidad, Colorado — Trinidad, Colorado1991
Firehouse No. 1 (Children' Museum), Commercial Street, Trinidad, Colorado

Fire Department, Columbus, Indiana — Columbus, Indiana1977
Fire Department, Columbus, Indiana

Fire Department, Columbus, Indiana — Columbus, Indiana1977
Fire Department, Columbus, Indiana

Fire Department, Columbus, Indiana — Columbus, Indiana1977
Fire Department, Columbus, Indiana

Fire Dept #9, terra cotta ornament detail, Frederick Avenue, Saint Joseph, Missouri — Saint Joseph, Missouri1988
Fire Dept #9, terra cotta ornament detail, Frederick Avenue, Saint Joseph, Missouri

Fire Dept #9, detail, Frederick Avenue, Saint Joseph, Missouri — Saint Joseph, Missouri1988
Fire Dept #9, detail, Frederick Avenue, Saint Joseph, Missouri