City hall renovations reveal 100-yr-old tiles

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The uncovering of "stunning" floor tiles from Stoke-on-Trent at a New Jersey City Hall has prompted great surprise on social media.

The Minton tiles, dating back about 100 years, had been hidden under vinyl at the US city hall since the 1960s.

City mayor Steven Fulop said a team working to renovate the city hall had expected to find "garbage" under the flooring.

"We expected to find nothing underneath. We know the building was built in the 19th Century around 1850, perhaps a little bit later," Mr Fulop told BBC Radio Stoke.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-52703818

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What lies beneath? In Jersey City, renovation reveals a century-old treasure

https://eu.northjersey.com/story/news/hudson/2020/05/06/jersey-city-nj-renovation-reveals-100-year-old-tile-floor/5174517002/