Even with the model, I would have expected the same surface treatment on both east and west sides.
I, too, wonder if the edge of the glass ledges will light up on the condo tower.
The use of spandrels have turned out quite decently here. I suppose the colour of spandrel isn't inherently bad, rather they way it's used and combined with the overall colour scheme that can make or break the overall aesthetics.
I just realized that it was from the former Rogers corporate store on the corner of Robson and Richards that I got my first cell phone in 1998. That was 18 years ago?!
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