Westin Seattle
{{Short description|Twin-tower highrise hotel in Seattle, Washington}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox hotel
| hotel_name = The Westin Seattle
| logo = Westin Hotels & Resorts logo.svg
| logo_width = 200px
| image = Westin Seattle from Olive 8.jpg
| caption = Original 1969 tower on the left, taller 1982 tower on the right
| location = United States
| address = 1900 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington
| chain = Westin Hotels
| coordinates = {{coord|47.613516|-122.338225|region:US-WA_type:landmark|display=it}}
| map_type = Seattle WA Downtown
| map_caption = Location within Downtown Seattle
| opening_date = North Tower: 1982
South Tower: 1969
| closing_date =
| developer = Western International Hotels, Alcoa{{cite book |last=Smith |first=George David|author-link= |date=1992 |title=From Monopoly to Competition: The Transformations of Alcoa, 1888-1986 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |edition= |isbn=978-0-521-52709-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qF6jpiU1yi0C&dq=%22washington+plaza+hotel%22+alcoa&pg=PA519 |access-date=August 15, 2022}}
| architect = John Graham & Associates
| operator = Marriott International
| cost =
| owner =
| number_of_rooms = 891
| number_of_suites = 1 Presidential Suite
8 Luxury Suites
6 Deluxe Suites
20 Executive Suites
| number_of_restaurants= Relish Burger Bistro
Lobby Bar
| floor_area =
| floors = North Tower: 47
South tower: 40
| height = North Tower: {{convert|137|m|abbr=on}}
South Tower: {{convert|121|m|abbr=on}}
| parking =
| website = [http://www.westinseattle.com/ www.WestinSeattle.com/]
| footnotes = {{CTBUH|9681|Westin Seattle North Tower}}{{CTBUH|9682|Westin Seattle South Tower}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/complex/101199 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307023506/https://www.emporis.com/complex/101199 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Emporis building complex ID 101199 |work=Emporis}}{{SkyscraperPage|968|Westin Seattle North Tower}}{{SkyscraperPage|969|Westin Seattle South Tower}}{{Structurae|20027213}}
}}
The Westin Seattle is an upscale highrise twin-tower hotel in downtown Seattle, Washington. Opened in 1969, it is the flagship property of the Westin Hotels & Resorts brand, owned by Marriott International.
History
On December 28, 1966, Western International Hotels and Alcoa jointly announced the development of the $18 million Washington Plaza Hotel, to be built on the site of the historic Orpheum Theatre. It would be the first new large-scale hotel constructed in Seattle since the adjacent Benjamin Franklin Hotel was built in 1929. Western International President Edward E. Carlson selected the local architecture firm of John Graham & Associates to design the hotel, and the local Howard S. Wright Construction Company to build it. The two firms had also designed and constructed the Space Needle six years earlier, whose construction was first proposed by Carlson and whose restaurant was operated by Western International from 1962–1982.{{cite web | url=https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/3222/ | title=PCAD - Western International Hotels Company, Washington Plaza Hotel, Downtown, Seattle, WA }}
The Orpheum Theatre was demolished beginning in August 1967.{{cite web |last=Folm |first=Eric L. |date=December 12, 2003 |title=Orpheum Theatre (Seattle) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/4267 |work=HistoryLink |accessdate=December 16, 2023}} The hotel originally consisted of a single 40 story tower, today's south tower, reaching a height of {{convert|121|m|abbr=on}}. The tower was topped out in January 1969 and the hotel opened on June 29, 1969. Western International Hotels operated the Washington Plaza as one property with the now-connected Benjamin Franklin Hotel. Together, the hotel complex had 715 rooms.
The aging Benjamin Franklin wing was demolished in July 1980{{cite book|title=Seattle's Historic Hotels|author=Shannon, R.|date=2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738580029|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4xzdYCecOgC&pg=PA114|page=114|access-date=2015-08-22}} for construction of a second, nearly identical tower.{{historylink|article=1247|title=Washington Plaza Hotel opens on June 29, 1969|author=Alan J. Stein|date=November 6, 2012|accessdate=2020-03-08}} While work on the second tower went on, the company was renamed Westin Hotels. The Washington Plaza was the first property in the chain to be renamed, becoming The Westin Hotel on September 1, 1981. That same year, Westin opened a new corporate headquarters directly across the street in the Westin Building, which shared a parking garage with the hotel.{{Cite web|url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/3222/|title=PCAD - Western International Hotels Company, Washington Plaza Hotel, Downtown, Seattle, WA}} The {{convert|137|m|abbr=on}}, 47-story north tower opened in June 1982 and remains the tallest hotel in the city.
The Westin Seattle is the flagship property of Marriott’s premium uspcale Westin brand of hotels and resorts.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|The Westin Seattle}}
- {{Official website}}
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