Little America has spent sixty years becoming a Salt Lake City tradition, one stay at a time. The building has grown, the neighborhood around it has transformed completely, and generations of guests have come back again and again. Here's a look at six decades, side by side.

The World Arrived In 2002

Salt Lake City rolled out the Olympic rings and the flags, and Little America rolled out the welcome right along with it. That same walk from the entrance to the front desk, past the same marble, still leads guests to a warm hello today.

The Welcome Across Sixty Years

The lobby has been updated. The rooms have been refreshed more than once. The skyline outside the window looks nothing like it did in 1966. But walk up to that front desk today and the same friendly greeting is extended to every guest, just as it has since the very beginning.

Where Guests Become Family

There's a reason so many guests describe Little America as a second home rather than a hotel. The lobby fireplace and the Coffee Shop booths have hosted six decades of regulars, first dates, family reunions, and quiet mornings, and they're just as full today as they've ever been.

A Pool Half In and Half Out

There is nothing else in downtown Salt Lake City quite like it, a pool that lets guests swim from indoors to outdoors without ever climbing out. It didn't start out that way, but over time it has evolved into what it is today. The shape has changed, the tile has changed, and the view through the glass looks nothing like it did decades ago.

Sixty years on the same downtown corner. The lobby carpet has changed more than once, and the pool has too, but the memories made inside them never have. Here's to sixty more.