I just got a copy of
Clyde Fans by Seth, which I think is probably the best picture novel I've ever read (or looked at) since
Louis Riel by Chester Brown. He was doing a signing at my local book store, so I even got an original illustration inside. It's a melancholy story of two old brothers who run a fan manufacturing business in the fictional city of Dominion, Ontario in the last half of the 20th century, and the images largely focus on the storefronts and architecture of that time.