AlvinofDiaspar
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There, fixed that for you!
The fix here is to remove the parking garage access; put a new, wide streetscape where that ramp is; and then fill in the under-canopy zone with new commercial space, with a different and better material palate.
Whether the columns are inside or outside the new building footprint, they need some new cladding.
I would disagree with cladding the columns (especially since you will inevitably have a transition to the tower/podium which will never be cladded) - what it need is a proper powerwash and stripping away the really unfortunate paint job. Let concrete be concrete - but make it look good. I wish there is an exterior green wall that actually looks good all seasons - the columns could be a great substrate for climbing vines.
The parking garage entrance is unfortunate and inconvenient, but it is ugly partly because of design and maintenance choices. Replace the concrete with high quality glass and stainless ballustrate; replace concrete sidewalk paving and edging with say granite or even brick (and glycol heated), and repair the said asphalt roadway, and it wouldn't be so much of an atrocity like it is now. Also light it properly - and perhaps creatively.
As to the roof - even the inaccessible portions can use even more greenery (even if it is just unitized sedum).
AoD
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