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Four Seasons, Power Lunch Palace, Gets 50th Birthday Remodeling
Commentary by James S. Russell
June 10 (Bloomberg) -- Architect Philip Johnson hung sparkling curtains of metal mesh in the windows of the Four Seasons restaurant in 1959, then lunched there regularly for decades, keeping an owlish eye on the place through his thick, round glasses. After all, the restaurant is as famous for its modern grandeur as for its food and power-broker patrons.
The Four Seasons is throwing itself a half-century bash tomorrow, with 800 of its closest friends, including Blackstone Group co-founder Peter G. Peterson, home-style doyenne Martha Stewart, and fashion royalty Oscar de la Renta. Then it’s quietly giving itself a facelift.
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June 10 (Bloomberg) -- Architect Philip Johnson hung sparkling curtains of metal mesh in the windows of the Four Seasons restaurant in 1959, then lunched there regularly for decades, keeping an owlish eye on the place through his thick, round glasses. After all, the restaurant is as famous for its modern grandeur as for its food and power-broker patrons.
The Four Seasons is throwing itself a half-century bash tomorrow, with 800 of its closest friends, including Blackstone Group co-founder Peter G. Peterson, home-style doyenne Martha Stewart, and fashion royalty Oscar de la Renta. Then it’s quietly giving itself a facelift.
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