The Third Street portion of the project retains the two existing historic buildings and would add two new masonry-like structures that would rise 35 feet (three stories) at the edge of the sidewalk. A modern glass and concrete “bridge” linking these two structures would rise up to a maximum of 50 feet measured from Third Street but would be set back 20 feet from the sidewalk edge to minimize its visual impact. The Illinois Street portion of the project would rise up to 65 feet as measured from the curb-level at the centerline of the Illinois Street frontage. However, because there is an approximately 15’ difference in the street-level elevations of Third Street and Illinois Street, the 65’-tall Illinois Street building would never exceed the maximum 50’ elevation of Third Street buildings, as demonstrated by the diagram above. This preserves the more intimate scale of Third Street while permitting increased density on the project site.