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It woulda been really cool if they ran track lighting to make it light up - maybe they still will..?

Also are those trees gonna become an issue? They are awfully close to it in some places.. that part feels like MAAYBE it wasn't planned the best - I mean sure you can prune but still.. not a lot of room for them to spread.. unless they bend north towards the light..

This is generally why trees are planted in the boulevard right beside the road, to give them room to spread out.. maybe this tree species is different though, I don't immediately recognize the type..
 
The perimeter canopy seems unnecessary. It's almost always shaded by the building itself, so it won't really block any sun. Canopies like this are usually best for the south and west sides of buildings. Here, it's not doing much except maybe looking kind of nice and offering a little bit of rain cover (though not much, it's pretty narrow).
 
TheHonestMaple said:
The perimeter canopy seems unnecessary. It's almost always shaded by the building itself, so it won't really block any sun. Canopies like this are usually best for the south and west sides of buildings. Here, it's not doing much except maybe looking kind of nice and offering a little bit of rain cover (though not much, it's pretty narrow).
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Honestly I'll never put down a canopy - it helps to break up the floors a bit and we are in severe need of them stylistically - since pretty much all victorian wood and stone buildings had them back in the day, although the stone versions were cloth and could be retracted. The wood ones were just kinda saloon styled.
 
Picture from the Laundry Design on the work at Ciao Bella, and a good view of 75 James S. Also thought I'd share what I heard from Steve about how they achieved the continuous exterior brick on these buildings:

Steve provided me a great response into my question about this:

"Brick ran continuously has to be supported quite frequently, as in the weight can’t continue to compound on its self. We put steel behind the brick regularly to alleviate the issue but in a way that is hidden. It requires a lot more labour because we need to think of ways to hide the steel and still keep even mortar joints. Sometimes the solution is to shave or cut the back of the brick to accept the steel and keep the facade consistent."
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