# 52nd Ward? WTF? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 1, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/52nd-ward-wtf/697204 "2014-09-01T23:56:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/52nd-ward-wtf/697204/1 "2014-09-01T23:56:21Z")
I was walking on West Armitage Avenue near Lincoln Park High School today, and spotted this office door: [https://z-1-scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/s960x960/10538064\_840315362653674\_796635350531907221\_o.jpg](https://z-1-scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/s960x960/10538064_840315362653674_796635350531907221_o.jpg) In case the image isn’t viewable, the lettering on the door says: Ald. Colin Becks 52nd Ward (seal of the city of Chicago) First of all, I’m pretty sure we only have 50 wards in Chicago. Second of all, this is the 43rd Ward and our alderman is named Michele Smith. There doesn’t seem to be anything behind the door except an empty room. Is this for a TV show or movie or something? I’m not aware of any that feature a fictional alderman, but that’s the only theory I can come up with. ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/52nd-ward-wtf/697204/2 "2014-09-02T02:14:31Z")
Well, “Colin Becks” doesn’t return any meaningful results on Google, so that’s a no go. It did strike me that “Colin Becks” is kind of a spoonerised version of the phrase “beck & call”, but maybe that’s too much of a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/52nd-ward-wtf/697204/3 "2014-09-02T06:45:53Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I was walking on West Armitage Avenue near Lincoln Park High School today, and spotted this office door: > > [https://z-1-scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/s960x960/10538064\_840315362653674\_796635350531907221\_o.jpg](https://z-1-scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/s960x960/10538064_840315362653674_796635350531907221_o.jpg) > > In case the image isn’t viewable, the lettering on the door says: > > Ald. Colin Becks > 52nd Ward > (seal of the city of Chicago) > > First of all, I’m pretty sure we only have 50 wards in Chicago. Second of all, this is the 43rd Ward and our alderman is named Michele Smith. There doesn’t seem to be anything behind the door except an empty room. > > Is this for a TV show or movie or something? I’m not aware of any that feature a fictional alderman, but that’s the only theory I can come up with. Send this to the Sun-Times/Reader/Tribune. Maybe someone can tell you what is registered at that address. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/52nd-ward-wtf/697204/4 "2014-09-03T00:30:05Z")
The Reader?? What do those nimrods know? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ctrod22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@ctrod22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctrod22)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/52nd-ward-wtf/697204/5 "2014-09-04T05:18:41Z")
Could it be this? [http://ward43.org/2014/08/25/filming-notice-august-27-28/](http://ward43.org/2014/08/25/filming-notice-august-27-28/) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/52nd-ward-wtf/697204/6 "2014-09-04T14:38:46Z")
> [@ctrod22](#): > > Could it be this? > [http://ward43.org/2014/08/25/filming-notice-august-27-28/](http://ward43.org/2014/08/25/filming-notice-august-27-28/) That fits the location. Good catch! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/52nd-ward-wtf/697204/7 "2014-09-05T12:23:37Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The Reader?? What do those nimrods know? > 😛 That’s “Nimrods”, you uncultured heathen. And be glad they are around. ---
**Author:** ![Danno95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Danno95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danno95)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/52nd-ward-wtf/697204/8 "2018-08-30T06:21:46Z")
Colin Becks was the guy standing against Matt Casey running for alderman. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/52nd-ward-wtf/697204/9 "2018-08-30T06:48:57Z")
For those confused by this shambling zombie moaning unintelligibly, “Colin Becks” was a character on the TV Shows “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago PD”. > **[Colin Becks](https://one-chicago-fbi.fandom.com/wiki/Colin_Becks)** > > Colin Becks was an alderman in Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D.. Chicago Fire (1 season, 4 episodes): Season 4: Not Everyone Makes It • The Sky is Falling • Two T's • What Happened to Courtney Chicago P.D. (1 season, 1 episode): Season 2: Chicken,... Clearly one or both shows was being filmed there.