Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia opens at Comcast Centre
The latest Four Seasons Hotels, Resorts and Spas property has opened in the uppermost floors of the Comcast Centre, Philadelphia’s tallest building. The project comprises 180 guestrooms and 39 suites, each providing floor-to-ceiling views of the city.
Architect Norman Foster, of Foster + Partners, designed the entire Comcast Centre and the interiors of the hotel also, whilst famed floral artist Jeff Leatham has created botanical art which appears throughout the building, from the ground-floor entry to the 60thfloor hotel lobby. Tokyo-based TeamLab combined modern technology with traditional Japanese art to make a giant digital floral experience for the foyer and guests are welcomed to their rooms by soundscapes produced exclusively by musician Brian Eno.
The restaurant Jean-Georges Philadelphia, headed by Michelin-starred Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, is situated on the 59thfloor, and the JG SkyHigh cocktail bar on the 60th. Foster’s designs for the space showcase the chef’s signature cuisine within an atrium formed of 40-foot glass walls and a mirrored ceiling that reflects both guests and the city beneath. 59 floors below, Chef Greg Vernick has joined the Four Seasons Philadelphia culinary team for Vernick Fish, a modern seafood restaurant open to the street. Interiors, created by Tihany Design, see white terrazzo spread across the back wall and the chef’s kitchen set against blue and cream ceramic tiles arranged to resemble a school of fish.
The property also features a health centre, an indoor pool, a wellness boutique and a seven-treatment spa room, as well as flexible event spaces from the grand terrace ballroom and foyer to a smaller arch ballroom on the 5thfloor and an executive boardroom on the 2nd.
“This exceptional new property represents the very best of Four Seasons,” comments Christian Clerc, President, Worldwide Hotel Operations, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. “From architecture to design, artistry to innovation, culinary mastery and wellness expertise, we have worked closely with our visionary partners at Comcast and Liberty Property Trust to assemble a team of virtuosos who are elevating Four Seasons service, quality and artistry to new heights.”
