I agree, I think with a little weathering, this will become an endearing tower, with a great silhouette at dusk and sleek profile at night, ( especially if lit), and its proximity to blu does create an urbanity, that city place is missing. During the day, it will still be a wonderful slice of New Yorks setback mentality, and will appear to many (Casual glancing tourists, not skyscraper geeks) as an original thirties tower, that lends an artificial history to a neighborhood. New York has a number of towers that appear older, and you can assume them being there during the jazz age, when they were actually built much later.
Looking up at Uptown, as seen in many pics in this thread, it elongates itself due to the stepping and massing. Giving it a movie, almost cartoon ( Think spiderman) like appearance. This is a successful design, and while its finishing touches are not up to the standards of that bygone era, it still stands up to most of the new architecture built in Toronto or anywhere else. If your gonna emulate,.... 30's era NYC tower design is an informed and classic choice. Bravo.!!
I could get killed for this by you Casa lovers, but in twenty years or so, will we still praise its design and little chapeau?? I think that's up to debate, but Uptown is a tried and true design... for better or worse