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Faces are part of art and architecture all around Baltimore. Can you guess where based on a small detail?

How Well Do You Know Baltimore?

Do you recognize this face? It's part of a building in Baltimore City. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

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This face, to the right of the arch above the entrance, is one of a pair of heads crowned by golden rays on the facade of Larry Flynt's Hustler Club at 405 East Baltimore Street. Built in 1906 by J.B. Elfatrick & Sons, the Gayety was one of the most famous theaters on "The Block," during the heyday of burlesque theater. The Gayety closed in 1969 and was leased by the Hustler Club in 2003. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

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How Well Do You Know Baltimore?

Do you recognize this face? It's part of a building in Baltimore City. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

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This laughing man's face, reminiscent of Bacchus, is located under the right corner of the upper left window. It is one of four sculpted faces under two window sills on the Everyman Theatre facade, 315 West Fayette Street. The theater was called the Empire when it opened in 1911. It was gutted for a garage before being rebuilt as the Town, a first-run theater from 1947 to 1990. The Everyman repertory company revived the theater in 2013. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

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How Well Do You Know Baltimore?

Do you recognize this face? It's part of a building in Baltimore City. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

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This woman, one of two muses reclining in the spandrels above the entrance to the Arch Social Club at 2426 Pennsylvania Avenue, is on the left, facing the theater. The 1912 building was originally Schanze Theater, built by Frederick W. Schanze next to his pharmacy and soda fountain on North Avenue. The theater changed names several times before it was bought by the Arch Social Club in 1972. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

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How Well Do You Know Baltimore?

Do you recognize this face? It's part of a building in Baltimore City. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

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This fanciful head, at the base of the column to the left of the entrance, is one of the unique brownstone faces adorning the former Latin Palace at 509 South Broadway, which closed about five years ago. The building was a popular neighborhood theater called the Broadway, from 1914 to 1977. (Amy Davis)

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How Well Do You Know Baltimore?

Do you recognize these faces? It's part of a building in Baltimore City. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

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These Grecian maidens dance above the curved marquee of the former Boulevard Theater, at 3302 Greenmount Avenue. The 1921 movie theater in Waverly, operated by Durkee Enterprises, closed in 1989. The interior space has been divided into numerous retail outlets, as well as the office for Waverly Main Street. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

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How Well Do You Know Baltimore?

Do you recognize this face? It's part of a building in Baltimore City. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

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Did you guess right?

This man's face, adorned with horns, is the left one of a pair that smile down on 508 North Howard Street, above two standing female statues in niches. When the theater opened in 1904, it was called the Auditorium. It was operated as the Mayfair Theater from 1941 to 1986. Under city ownership after it closed, the roof caved in. The rear of the venerable theater was demolished in 2016. The site awaits redevelopment by Zahlco Companies. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

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How Well Do You Know Baltimore?

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You can help determine where we train our lens next. It can be a specific thing (the cupola of the Rawlings Conservatory) or a category of things (parks landmarks) — as long as it’s a Baltmore thing. Suggest a subject

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