As requested, Onni has brought forth two redesign options, as posted on Urbanize. In my opinion, this is a nominal improvement, but an improvement nonetheless. Personally, I prefer Option 1, as the crowns would be different from the SCB-designed tower proposed across 2nd Street, though the materials they use in Option 1 on the crown will make or break it. In both cases, the improvement at the base is significant (
especially if they use real limestone for those columns), and personally I think that the darker glass and black spandrel treatments are a better contrast with the limestone of the historic structures than the full blue glass (which lends some credence to the original William Pereira addition that is so vehemently hated within certain circles). I also think that the black spandrel panels make the balcony treatments slightly less busy within the overall "composition".
https://urbanize.la/post/two-design-...-redevelopment
Option 1
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Option 2
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