The harbor side is indeed very nice. I'm going to say it - for the first time ever: I wish it was taller. THIS is the first building proposed that I wish rocketed through everything else and became the new highlight of the skyline.
Thatbeingsaid, I am a bit concerned that they are only showing the harbor side. What's going on with the back that they're hiding?
Another thought; while usually I'm a champion of ground floor activation, I'd be okay with this not having anything more than a ground floor lobby. Reason being, I think that the signage associated with whatever tenant would go in, as well as the associated loading docks, would spoil the ground floor. This is one of the few tower's I've seen proposed without a podium, it just goes straight to the ground. Putting a retail space in would spoil the sculptural elements that I think hold really strong here from ground level up. In a similar vein, I wouldn't want to see retail space cut into the front of the Hancock.
