Four Seasons Hotel at Comcast Center PHILADELPHIA Topping a new 60-storey landmark, an ambitious venture from Four Seasons brings together the culinary talents of Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Greg Vernick with the design expertise of Lord Foster and Adam Tihany – to spectacular effect. Words: Ayesha Khan Photography: © Christian Horan (unless otherwise stated)
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hiladelphia could always draw a crowd. It is here that, nearly 250 years ago, the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence after all. Today, America’s original capital is
still a food capital, and a different crop of Founding Fathers, each a pioneer in their own right, has converged on Philly’s futuristic Comcast Center. Lord Norman Foster, the famed British architect responsible for London’s City Hall and The Gherkin, oversaw the exterior and interior of the hotel and its glistening rooftop lounge, called JG SkyHigh and named after Jean-Georges Vongerichten, another trailblazer and one of the world’s most celebrated Michelin-starred chefs. Down at ground level, two more pioneers collaborated on Vernick Fish, the second outpost in James Beard Award-winning Greg Vernick’s budding empire; the interiors of this happening eatery were the brainchild of renowned interior designer Adam Tihany. Applying the final touches, a strong roster of top suppliers, including Pordamsa, David Mellor and John Jenkins, are present across the scheme. Quite a rollcall of talent then, certainly one befitting this landmark 60-storey skyscraper.
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