Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia

Philadelphia


This Ritz possess one of the grandest hotel lobbies in North America, occupying the Rotunda building designed by McKim, Mead & White and completed in 1908. Modeled after the Pantheon, it has a marble dome spanning over 100ft with an oculus about 142ft from the floor. The elegant, satin-clad rooms, housed in a connected tower, will not disappoint.


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