If the City Hall in Jersey City doesnt make you want to do home improvement projects, then nothing will. Well, thats certainly a sentence we never thought we would write. But its totally true because while the coronavirus pandemic was shutting down local businesses, keeping residents sheltering in place indoors, and forcing restaurants and eateries to transition to contactless options only, Jersey City began focusing on renovation projects that would otherwise disturb residents if they were done during normal life.

In a now-viral tweet, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop explained, We used COVID-19 shutdown to do projects that wouldve been inconvenient for residents regularly {street paving, park renovations, etc}. One project was ripping up the 1960s vinyl floor at City Hall. We thought wed find garbage, but instead we found the original from 100 years ago {sic}.The details on the gorgeous discovery.

{Photo credit: Twitter}

Move over, HGTV! We dont need your DIY home improvement channel when weve got City Hall!

City Halls surprise renovation didnt just impress the people of Jersey City. In fact, Mayor Fulops tweet gained national attention and went viral when it was picked up by Instagram meme account @kalesalad.

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While we are here why did every house cover hardwood floors with carpet in the 1960s @stevenfulopjc, the account @kalesalad wrote in the caption.

The reaction to the home improvement project has been overwhelmingly positive. One Instagram user wrote, Love when this happens. Like when a mosaic from a renowned artist was found in an NYC building entry during a reno.

Another chimed in, The old floor looks really pretty actually they should try and preserve that design!

All in all, the picture posted to @kalesalad garnered more than 330,000 likes and Mayor Fulops original tweet received 2.8K comments, 15.6K retweets, and 146.7K likes.

After the positive reaction to Fulops original tweet about the renovation, he began providing updates on other areas of the floor that have since been pulled up.

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