[jc5680]

^ Saying the south side of Wacker implies E/W Wacker.

I wouldn't call a mass of glass buildings sterile, but there is a very valid point there. A lot of the best skyline compositions have variety—height, style, form.

The worst part about the 'river north beige' that gets so many complaint here isn't so much the color or some of the individually bad buildings it is the mass of dull sameness. When seen from a wider angle so much of it just blends together into an indistinguishable mass.

The river confluence is seeing a lot of development all at the same time; the rather unfortunate consequence being a concentration of relative sameness.