A luxurious New York landmark
VERIFIED LUXURY
Editor's Note: Four Seasons Hotel New York is closed for renovations.
From the moment you set foot into Four Seasons Hotel New York, you’ll know you’re in one of the most luxurious hotels in all of Manhattan. Designed by the legendary I.M. Pei, the Midtown tower has a stunning Art Deco lobby with 33-foot vaulted onyx ceilings and honey-colored French Magny (the same limestone used by Pei in his expansion of the Louvre in Paris).
Centrally located in the heart of the city, the Five-Star hotel is two blocks from Central Park and Fifth Avenue shopping, and it is in close proximity to the city’s famous museums, restaurants and theaters.
Attentive service is the hallmark of the Four Seasons brand and its flagship New York location is no exception with multi-lingual concierge service and a complimentary Rolls-Royce house car for short trips around the city.
With practical amenities like a well-equipped business center (translation and administrative services available) and plenty of offerings for families (special welcome amenities for junior guests and child-size bathrobes to match mom and dad), the hotel is popular with business and leisure travelers alike.
Getting There
57 East 57th Street, New York, New York 10022
TEL212-758-5700
NEARBY AIRPORT(S)
LGA (26-45 min) JFK EWR
Four Seasons Hotel New York
At This Hotel
| Four Seasons |
| 57 East 57th Street New York City, New York, United States |
| 1990 |
| 1993 |
| September 1993 |
| 682 feet (207.9 m) |
| 52 |
| Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Frank Williams and Assoc. |
| Rosenwasser/Grossman Consulting Engineers P.C. |
| 368 |
| 15 |
| www.fourseasons.com/newyork |
| [1][2] |
Four Seasons Hotel New York is a luxury hotel in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that opened in 1993. The Ty Warner Penthouse Suite, billed at US$60,000 per night, is listed at number 3 on the World's 15 most expensive hotel suites compiled by CNN Go in 2012.[3]
Building[edit]
In the 1980s, William Zeckendorf, a prominent American real estate developer, assembled 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) of vacant property on 57th Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue. Robert H. Burns, founder of Regent International Hotels, approached Harunori Takahashi, owner of EIE International Corporation company to build a luxurious hotel on the property.
When the hotel was announced in January 1989, it was to have a main tower of 46 stories and a smaller tower of some 20 stories, with a total of 400 rooms. Completion was planned for late 1991. Construction was financed by a loan from a consortium of six Japanese banks, led by the Long-Term Credit Bank. The others were the Ashikaga Bank, Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation, Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Nippon Credit Bank, and Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company. The hotel was named Regent New York Hotel and managed by Regent International Hotels of Hong Kong, in which EIE International had a 30 percent interest. The cost of construction was reportedly more than US$1 million per room.[4]
When the Japanese real estate market imploded in 1990, the hotel was sold to the Four Seasons group to recover from bad loans. Today, the hotel is owned by Ty Warner Hotels and Resorts, L.L.C. and operated by Four Seasons.
At 682 feet (208 m) tall and 52 stories, it is the second-tallest hotel in New York City and the fourth-tallest hotel in the U.S.,[5] and the 78th tallest building in New York. In 2006, the Four Seasons New York opened the Michelin star restaurant: L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon.
Architecture[edit]
The hotel is noted for its luxurious interiors which have an art moderne quality.[4] I. M. Pei and Frank Williams collaborated as the architects.[6] I. M. Pei was also the responsible for the interiors of the public spaces in the hotel.[4] The building has more in common with the Waldorf Astoria and other hotels of the 1920s than it does with Pei's other works.[4]
See also[edit]
- Four Seasons Hotels
- List of tallest buildings in New York City
References[edit]
- ^ "Four Seasons Hotel New York". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 115447". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 18, 2020.
- ^ Arnold, Helen "World's 15 most expensive hotel suites" Archived November 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine CNN Go. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11
- ^ a b c d Goldberger, Paul (June 27, 1993). "ARCHITECTURE VIEW; A Grand Hotel, But Not What You'd Call Homey". The New York Times. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
- ^ Four Seasons Hotel Emporis.com
- ^ Hevesi, Dennis (March 8, 2010). "Frank Williams, Architect of Skyscrapers, Dies at 73". The New York Times. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
External links[edit]
- Four Seasons New York Website
- Design notices
- in-Arch.net: The Four Seasons Hotel
Coordinates: 40°45′44″N 73°58′17″W / 40.76222°N 73.97139°W