Painting the cornice white? I really like the natural limestone much better unpainted, but the rebuilt cornice on the Arbaugh actually looks pretty nice painted white, so hopefully they use a similar off-white color, because white can look really tacky if not done right.
EDIT: I was by there, tonight, and it actually looks decent.
Sorry, no photo updates (I'm still having trouble with my ISP), but it's coming along and turning out far better than I thought it would. It looks alot like what they did to the Arbaugh down the Square. I'm very pleased by the rebuilt cornices, which I'd originally thought were going to turn out very cheap looking.
They said that the Bojis may open a "reincarnated" Majority resturaunt in the Hollister building, not necessarily even under the same name. I doubt we'll know for awhile.
Here's a few shots of the different parts of the building:
The cornice work LMich was talking about, didn't realize it was a faux cornice, but I guess that makes sense. The real thing would have been way too expensive.
The concrete faux-stone treatment looks ok from the street. Up close you can tell it's concrete. It looks like they're attaching concrete backerboard to the building, wrapping the edges in steel, and covering it all with concrete. It's like a fancy stucco treatment.
And finally, just a couple of random shots of the building.
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EDIT: I was by there, tonight, and it actually looks decent.
The cornice work LMich was talking about, didn't realize it was a faux cornice, but I guess that makes sense. The real thing would have been way too expensive.
The concrete faux-stone treatment looks ok from the street. Up close you can tell it's concrete. It looks like they're attaching concrete backerboard to the building, wrapping the edges in steel, and covering it all with concrete. It's like a fancy stucco treatment.
And finally, just a couple of random shots of the building.