06/11/2026
Seattle looked different in 1909.
The streets were quieter. The skyline stopped well short of the clouds. The city still smelled faintly of timber, salt water, and ambition.
Up on First Hill, Hotel Sorrento had already opened its doors.
Since then, we've welcomed travelers, artists, locals, musicians, romantics, and more than a few characters who arrived with a suitcase and left with a story.
Some things have changed over the years. Many have not.
The same sense of occasion. The same wood-paneled halls. The feeling that you've stepped briefly outside the pace of modern life and into something far more enduring.
For more than 117 years, we've had a front-row seat to Seattle's story.
And what a story it has been.