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

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

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

Kenosha Public Library [i.e. Dinosaur Discovery Museum], 10th Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin — Kenosha, Wisconsin2003
Kenosha Public Library [i.e. Dinosaur Discovery Museum], 10th Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Library, Reed Point, Montana — Reed Point, Montana2004
Library, Reed Point, Montana

Carnegie Library (museum), F Street, Eureka, California — Eureka, California2003
Carnegie Library (museum), F Street, Eureka, California

Post Office, central detail, Kokomo, Indiana — Kokomo, Indiana2004
Post Office, central detail, Kokomo, Indiana

Post Office, Kokomo, Indiana — Kokomo, Indiana2004
Post Office, Kokomo, Indiana

Post Office, Broadway, Missoula, Montana — Missoula, Montana2004
Post Office, Broadway, Missoula, Montana

Post Office, 11th Avenue, Nampa, Idaho — Nampa, Idaho2004
Post Office, 11th Avenue, Nampa, Idaho

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

Fairfield National Bank, Main & Third, Fairfield, Illinois — Fairfield, Illinois1993
Fairfield National Bank, Main & Third, Fairfield, Illinois

First Federal Building, entrance, Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana — Missoula, Montana1987
First Federal Building, entrance, Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana

First Federal Building, entrance detail, Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana — Missoula, Montana1987
First Federal Building, entrance detail, Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana

First Federal Building, entrance, Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana — Missoula, Montana1987
First Federal Building, entrance, Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana

First Federal Savings Bank, Main and Higgins Street, Missoula, Montana — Missoula, Montana1987
First Federal Savings Bank, Main and Higgins Street, Missoula, Montana

Brenton National Bank, 4th Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa — Grinnell, Iowa1988
Brenton National Bank, 4th Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa

Mellen State Bank, Main Street, Mellen, Wisconsin — Mellen, Wisconsin2003
Mellen State Bank, Main Street, Mellen, Wisconsin

Mellen State Bank [i.e. Northern State Bank], Main Street, Mellen, Wisconsin — Mellen, Wisconsin2003
Mellen State Bank [i.e. Northern State Bank], Main Street, Mellen, Wisconsin

Bank, column detail, Kansas and Main Streets, Smith Center, Kansas — Smith Center, Kansas1988
Bank, column detail, Kansas and Main Streets, Smith Center, Kansas

Bank, Mountain Mike's Pizza, Broadway, King City, California — King City, California1991
Bank, Mountain Mike's Pizza, Broadway, King City, California

Wells Fargo Bank, Alta Street, Gonzales, California — Gonzales, California1991
Wells Fargo Bank, Alta Street, Gonzales, California

Heritage Savings and Loan, Weems Lane, Winchester, Virginia — Winchester, Virginia1982
Heritage Savings and Loan, Weems Lane, Winchester, Virginia

Heritage Savings and Loan, Weems Lane, Winchester, Virginia — Winchester, Virginia1982
Heritage Savings and Loan, Weems Lane, Winchester, Virginia