In the early 1960s, the windows at City Hall were bricked in.  The rational at the time dealt with energy efficiency and the installation of air conditioning in the building.  At the same time, there were other renovations undertaken.  Some of these were undertaken because of growth at City Hall, others were due to the 1957 change to the City Manager form of government (which created some new positions and eliminated others).  The City Clerk’s office was moved and the vault was relocated.

In conjunction with the mid-1980s restoration of the building, all but a few of the windows were finally unbricked.  Most of the remaining bricked-in windows were left intact because of mechanical equipment now located behind them.  Three other windows remained enclosed.  Two were in the City Board Chambers (which had to remain enclosed to enable for clearer broadcasting of meetings) and the third was in the City Clerk’s office (because of the “new” 1960s location of the Clerk’s vault).

Today’s Architeaser shows the  bricked-in window on the second floor western elevation in the City Clerk’s office.  Next to it is the top half of the exposed window.