Let's rate the famous Four Seasons Hotel...

The Stats

Height: 682 ft/ 208 m
Floors: 52
Year: 1993
Architects: Frank Williams & Associates, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

The Facts

This building has landmark status.

Tallest hotel in New York City.

The Four Seasons Hotel was designed to possess a classic elegance that transcends both time and fashion. The 54-story tower occupies a through-block site in an exclusive part of midtown, and responds to local zoning codes with setbacks up to its cruciform crown. Clad in fine French Magny limestone, the tower becomes one with New York, which remains a masonry city despite its many glass skyscrapers. At night, the hotel has a unique skyline presence, as finely wrought lanterns at each setback add a festive note distinct from midtown office buildings.

The design evokes the grand tradition of a former time when going to a hotel was a memorable occasion. Emphasis is not on workaday efficiency — checking in and out quickly — but on celebrating the luxury hotel experience with apartment-sized guestrooms and public interiors designed around personal service and discreet ceremony.

Surrounding the grand foyer is a terraced salon-like environment that invites New Yorkers and international travelers alike to socialize over tea, drinks or light dining. Conveying an air of both grandeur and intimacy, it provides a public place to see and be seen in, a gracious stage for urban theater.

The Pictures

http://www.pcfandp.com/a/p/8827/8827-2.jpg

http://www.pcfandp.com/a/p/8827/8827-3.jpg

http://www.pcfandp.com/a/p/8827/8827-4.jpg

http://photo.starblvd.net/RateOurTalls/1-5-2-1078349526?m=1&pg=0&ro=4&co=1
http://photo.starblvd.net/RateOurTalls/1-5-3-1078349896?m=1&pg=0&ro=4&co=2

http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC_Images/671.jpg

http://www.pcfandp.com/a/p/8827/8827-5.jpg

I love the top. 9/10

This building is trying way to hard to look like an older building an fails, IMO. The colors are drab, and the details are few and far between. I give it a 5 simply due to height.

7/10

I like this style. 7/10

It's OK
7/10

7/10

I like how the top part thrusts skywards and its almost graceful, but let down by the huge expanses of concrete.

Why does this have landmark status? I thought you said 30 years was the minimum needed?

Originally posted by RafflesCity

Why does this have landmark status? I thought you said 30 years was the minimum needed?

I don't know, I'll find out. Perhaps, the site on which they built it on was already a landmark?

Here's the rule according to the NYC Landmarks Commission:

What types of properties can be designated?

The Landmarks Law requires that, to be designated, a potential landmark must be at least 30 years old and must possess "a special character or special historical or aesthetic interest or value as part of the development, heritage, or cultural characteristics of the city, state, or nation".

That's from their site at:

http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/lpc/html/designation/faq1.html

It looks sleek!The Messiah likes it ;)
7.5/10

4.5/10. Ugly one. bleh

8

4.0

nyc unworthy. retro looking chimney. it would have been nice if it WAS a chimney. but its a hotel. so: no thank you. 4.0

7.5/10. I've seen better skyscrapers.

7.5

Looks a little like Baiyoke II. Okay, but dosent seem right, like the windows though.
7/10

AArgh! Ugly mon. 5/10

it tries and it fails...4/10

like a pipe 2/10

this one is ugly, it's trying to blend in with NYC's "real" classics, with horrendous results 6

Interesting, nice building.

8/10

5
nothing special
not very good looking

5/10 The only thing what I can say about this thing is yuck.

Originally posted by renell
this one is ugly, it's trying to blend in with NYC's "real" classics, with horrendous results 6 I just wanted to say the same. 5.0

6/10...I don't like it that much. Mainly, the little black specs at the top ruin it and the facade looks kind of dull.

5

not my type...5/10

6.5/10


I don't like it much

7.5/10

6/10

The shape is cool, but the the facade sucks. 5/10

Seems like a monument from the ancient world. 7/10.

9/10

this is yet another example of why nyc will always be the skyscraper and architectural capital of the world. none of the other boom cities in asia or europe have anything like this and examples like. very elegant. it gets a 10.

The only thing I like about this building is the entrance. I give it a 5.

5/10

Bad pics, 8.0

6/10

Slim, elegant tower but the bland facade ruins it.

The entrance and interior is lovely though.

4/10

8, very stylish

8/10

7/10

not bad 9

Unique. However, its looks really dull! 4.5/10

nice building. i like the "lanters" (or whatever) on the edges of the building

8/10

This one has never impressed me. It's quite ugly actually. I give it a 5/10. :tongue:

modern masterpiece, 9.5

8/10

Double Post

doesn't have the most impressive exterior,but the name Four Seasons spells Class and Quality in every aspect.and because of its location and height a 9 would do it.

7/10

Really famous but i give it 6.5/10

:( 6/10.

8.

5/10

6/10

Not interesting to look at. Sorry :)

Retro sucks, 5/10

8/10

I don't like retro, but this one is good, I like its slimness. 8/10

it soars gracefully just like buildings from the art deco era, and did a good job mimicking the architectural styles of that era. the top can use more architecture and color though.

8

i don´t llike 7.5

ugly 5/10

Looks like bad 1970s trying to be 1930's Art Deco, and getting it all wrong. Built in 1993 you say?

^^ totally agree, 3/10

6/10

4/10

6/10.

5/10 for the height.

7.5/10.

I don't know why I don't like this building, the base is OK. 6/10

7/10

It gets an 8.5

7/10

5/10. the top is cool, like a mayan temple almost in the closeup, but the rest I agree is it trying to be something from another generation and failing. And the color is boring. it seems like it might have good night lighting with the multiple setbacks up top.

6/10

6/10

6/10 -- not impressive at all.

This is the most expensive hotel ever built!! in NYC a million dollars per room !!

I very like this style. Strong 8.

6.5/10.

6/10.

the style is not really my taste. 6.75/10

Looks great, not only original, but also elegant and created with passion 8,5/10

8/10

8/10

classy 9/10

8/10

7/10

looks good 7.5/10

it's ok, 7.5/10

7/10

Behind 9 west 57th (Solow Bldg), the most underated skyscraper in New York. An absolute jewel.

9.5/10

5/10

6/10

3/10

8/10, reminds me of that Baiyoke tower in Thailand. I like the tilings also

8.5 nice.

6/10

i dont like it

8.5/10.

7.5/10 Nice..

looks clean. 6.5/10

7/10

7/10

not really my style. 6.5

5.5 / 10

7/10

8/10

7/10

7.5/10.

Nah i do not like these kind of buildings, a 6 out of 10.

8/10

8/10

8/10

7/10.

5/10

pretty luxurious and cool, 9.

6.5/10

6/10

8/10

8.5/10.

7/10

8/10

fab bldg!

5. modern old looker ..

Haha. Well, the intention was commendable but the result doesn't nearly look like believable Art Deco. This being said, with New York's density I suppose it's not going to be so easy to "appreciate" the top and it looks okay from street level. The lobby is pretty convincing too. Still, it's a bit half-baked.
6/10.

awesome 9/10 :)

5/10

8- great top and classical elegance and style

8 / 10

i really like this Building

7.5/10

8,5/10

Not bad. 7/10

8. Good building. Regards.

8/10

8/10

Looks very nice! 9/10

8.5

7.5/10

Let's rate the famous Four Seasons Hotel...

The Stats

Height: 682 ft/ 208 m
Floors: 52
Year: 1993
Architects: Frank Williams & Associates, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

The Facts

This building has landmark status.

Tallest hotel in New York City.

The Four Seasons Hotel was designed to possess a classic elegance that transcends both time and fashion. The 54-story tower occupies a through-block site in an exclusive part of midtown, and responds to local zoning codes with setbacks up to its cruciform crown. Clad in fine French Magny limestone, the tower becomes one with New York, which remains a masonry city despite its many glass skyscrapers. At night, the hotel has a unique skyline presence, as finely wrought lanterns at each setback add a festive note distinct from midtown office buildings.

The design evokes the grand tradition of a former time when going to a hotel was a memorable occasion. Emphasis is not on workaday efficiency — checking in and out quickly — but on celebrating the luxury hotel experience with apartment-sized guestrooms and public interiors designed around personal service and discreet ceremony.

Surrounding the grand foyer is a terraced salon-like environment that invites New Yorkers and international travelers alike to socialize over tea, drinks or light dining. Conveying an air of both grandeur and intimacy, it provides a public place to see and be seen in, a gracious stage for urban theater.

The Pictures

http://www.pcfandp.com/a/p/8827/8827-2.jpg

http://www.pcfandp.com/a/p/8827/8827-3.jpg

http://www.pcfandp.com/a/p/8827/8827-4.jpg

http://photo.starblvd.net/RateOurTalls/1-5-2-1078349526?m=1&pg=0&ro=4&co=1
http://photo.starblvd.net/RateOurTalls/1-5-3-1078349896?m=1&pg=0&ro=4&co=2

http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC_Images/671.jpg

http://www.pcfandp.com/a/p/8827/8827-5.jpg

7.5/10

8/10

10/10

9/10

7.5/10

7.5/10