City Hall in Waterbury was in bad disrepair for years. It was designed by Cass Gilbert, architect of the George Washington Bridge and the Woolworth building in New York. For a time it was unsure whether the city would tear it down and build something less expensive or restore it. Luckily they opted for the second choice. Where it was grey and dowdy looking for decades, it is already beginning to shine and it makes me smile as I see it get better each day.