According to the Chicago Architecture Blog, a new design was released this week for a trio of towers currently under construction at Wolf Point (the area next to the river in front of the notoriously hideous Sun-Times building). Work on the west tower is well underway, and the 48-story structure has nearly reached its final height of 493 feet.
An updated rendering of the project from Connecticut-based architecture firm Pelli Clarke Pelli shows a much cooler look to the south and east towers. Both buildings were slimmed down from their original renderings, and the center south tower now boasts a spire.
The northern portion of the Chicago Riverwalk will eventually extend over to Wolf Point, which will be a huge addition to an area that once was a parking lot. The new trio of skyscrapers won't look like your stereotypical glass giants (see Trump Tower), and will go a long way in covering up the eyesore that is the Sun-Times building, which was a shoe-in for our list of ugliest buildings in Chicago.
The final heights of the south and west towers have yet to be finalized, but by the looks of the rendering, the south tower will likely top out at more than 1,000 feet.
Rendering via WolfPointChicago.com. An earlier version of this story featured a rendering from Chicago Architecture Blog.