Photos: L.A.’s first hotel billing itself as pot-friendly
Richard Eastman, assistant manager of the Normandie Hotel, smokes a medical marijuana cigarette near the historic hotel’s rooftop sign. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Dennis Peron, one of the primary figures in California’s medical marijuana movement, has moved from San Francisco and is renovating the Hotel Normandie in Koreatown.(Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Assistant manager Richard Eastman chats with Dennis Peron in the ballroom of the Hotel Normandie. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times)
Dennis Redghost paints a room in the Hotel Normandie. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times)
Resident Felipe Menene goes through the lobby of the Hotel Normandie. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times)
Resident Silvia Rodriguez walks past the old wallpaper in the ballroom. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times)
Chef Christopher Rodriguez prepares lunch in the renovated kitchen. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times)
Caroline Lewis watches television in her room at the historic Hotel Normandie. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times)
Manager Dennis Peron climbs the historic hotel sign. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times)
An original “N” doorknob at the Hotel Normandie. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times)
Assistant manager Richard Eastman walks past a model of a shark in the hotel lobby. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times)
People wait for the bus outside the hotel. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times)
