Word on the street is that the end for the Borden Building chimney is near. A final date has been set ... Oct. 6.

The chimney has generated some confusion in the past. Rumors flew earlier that it was supposed to come down on an earlier Friday (August comes to mind, for some reason -- anyway, the rumors were so hard were the rumors that the parking lot at Riverview apartments was apparently cleared). Then, the date Sept. 22 circulated around.

Now, the word is Oct. 6. Earlier rumors also had the city setting up specific viewing areas for the spectators the demolition is likely to attract ... that is, if the weather isn't too lousy (there were also snark-filled references to the spectators at the Battle of Bull Run).