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looks very close to the original rendering back in 2019 and back then, people were falling over themselves with effusive praise... what changed?

I wouldn't describe it as "very close." The three big things that pop out to me are that (1) a lot of windows were shrunk, (2) the second floor balcony was shrunk (although I'm not too concerned about this), and (3) and the cladding was changed from a uniform white to a strange patchwork. It's clear, looking at the second floor of the west elevation, that they even made some mistakes in installing the cladding, switching panels of different colors around.