# Cecil's Columns #1

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-columns-1/377213>\
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**Created:** [October 20, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-columns-1/377213 "2006-10-20T12:43:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-columns-1/377213/1 "2006-10-20T12:43:39Z")

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There is an extant and scurrilous rumour that Cecil’s Columns do not in fact exist.

Slanderous untruths like this must be eliminated without delay. Please confirm that the front of the Chicago Reader building is supported by 4 fluted columns of the Ironic order of architecture, decorated with scrolls characterising banned posters and topped with _putti_ (or _cherubim_ if you prefer) of the Cecil figure carved at various stages of his boyhood.

Many thanks.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-columns-1/377213/2 "2006-10-20T13:12:15Z")

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[11 East Illinois Street, Chicago, IL 60611 (Google Earth Required)](http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=650978)

No scrolls, cherubim or columns, fluted or otherwise.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-columns-1/377213/3 "2006-10-20T13:17:01Z")

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Sure, Virginia. If it makes you feel better.

(You might as well not believe in fairies!)

Though I do believe the most eye-catching thing about the Reader Building is the sign that says “Star of Siam.” Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-columns-1/377213/4 "2006-10-20T18:09:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Chez Guevara]  
There is an extant and scurrilous rumour that Cecil’s Columns do not in fact exist.

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It exists; page 5 in this week’s Reader. Sleep well.