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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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Effie's Beauty Shop, Main Street, Palouse, Washington — Palouse, Washington1987
Effie's Beauty Shop, Main Street, Palouse, Washington

Whitney Garland Day Care, Drayton Plains, Michigan — Drayton Plains, Michigan1986
Whitney Garland Day Care, Drayton Plains, Michigan

A to Z Video, Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri — Saint Louis, Missouri1988
A to Z Video, Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

Commercial building, Saint Louis, Missouri — Saint Louis, Missouri1988
Commercial building, Saint Louis, Missouri

Rutland Office Building, St. Petersburg, Florida — St. Petersburg, Florida1980
Rutland Office Building, St. Petersburg, Florida

Rutland Office Building, St. Petersburg, Florida — St. Petersburg, Florida1980
Rutland Office Building, St. Petersburg, Florida

Main Street Platt [i.e. Pratt] Building, Albion, New York — Albion, New York1995
Main Street Platt [i.e. Pratt] Building, Albion, New York

Main Street, Stillwater, Minnesota — Stillwater, Minnesota2003
Main Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Main Street, Stillwater, Minnesota — Stillwater, Minnesota2003
Main Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Main Street, Bisbee, Arizona — Bisbee, Arizona1991
Main Street, Bisbee, Arizona

Main Street, Alta Vista, Kansas — Alta Vista, Kansas1976
Main Street, Alta Vista, Kansas

Main Street, Albion, New York — Albion, New York1995
Main Street, Albion, New York

Main Street, Albion, New York — Albion, New York1995
Main Street, Albion, New York

Main Street, Galva, Illinois — Galva, Illinois2003
Main Street, Galva, Illinois

Caboose and Loose Caboose, Whitefish, Montana — Whitefish, Montana1987
Caboose and Loose Caboose, Whitefish, Montana

Gang Plank, Norton Marina, Lake Granby, Colorado — Lake Granby, Colorado1991
Gang Plank, Norton Marina, Lake Granby, Colorado

California Bridge Center, Fairfax, Louisiana [i.e. Los Angeles, California] — Los Angeles, California1976
California Bridge Center, Fairfax, Louisiana [i.e. Los Angeles, California]

Bradley's Mobil, Main Street, Franklin, New York — Franklin, New York1976
Bradley's Mobil, Main Street, Franklin, New York

Far-go gas pump, Main Street, Barstow, California — Barstow, California1979
Far-go gas pump, Main Street, Barstow, California

Far-go gas pumps, Main Street, Barstow, California — Barstow, California1979
Far-go gas pumps, Main Street, Barstow, California

Merced Theater, Main Street, Merced, California — Merced, California1987
Merced Theater, Main Street, Merced, California

Merced Theater, Main Street, Merced, California — Merced, California2003
Merced Theater, Main Street, Merced, California

Barron Theater, Main Street, Pratt, Kansas — Pratt, Kansas1993
Barron Theater, Main Street, Pratt, Kansas

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