Hotel Palomar, Westwood
Hotel Palomar
10740 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles; (310) 475-8711 or (800) 546-7866, www.hotelpalomar-lawestwood.com
The Palomar has carefully encased its “reduce, reuse and recycle” message in an atmosphere of chic. A renovation that gutted the former occupant, a Doubletree Hotel, kept the guest room sizes modest, but also shows that reusing an existing building needn’t sacrifice style or green principles.
Yet based on looks alone, you wouldn’t know the hotel endorses conservation programs. The rooms include cards (on recycled paper) that outline the Kimpton EarthCare program that supports, among other things, the Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit conservation group.
-- Valli Herman
Read more: The new eco-friendly Hotel Palomar is luxuriously green (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
A staff member greets a guest at the Hotel Palomar in Westwood. The 19-floor hotel, which opened in May on Wilshire Boulevard, is touted as the city’s first eco-luxe hotel. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
The reception desk reflects the earth tones, animal prints and natural fibers that are key ingredients in the interior design of the Hotel Palomar in Westwood. The hotel’s interiors were designed by Cheryl Rowley Design of
Flowers frame the view from a guest room at the Hotel Palomar in Westwood, which offers excellent views of Westwood,
The 268-room Hotel Palomar opened for business in early May, in a location formerly occupied by a Doubletree Hotel. The Palomar, at 10740 Wilshire Blvd., is part of the Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group of San Francisco. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
