In December 2016, the city’s old municipal building still
sported its baby pink stucco façade. The side walls, however, were brick,
prompting one to surmise that the cement front was most probably just a permutation
of, or digression from, the original design. Whether the change in the exterior’s material served a purpose or
whether it conformed to some construction codes or engineering principles, one
thing was certain: to restore the building to its original design, new
materials have to be removed. And true enough, the structure’s ongoing
restoration has revealed its brick masonry walls.
