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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

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)

Hotel Palomar, Westwood

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)

Hotel Palomar, Westwood

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 Beverly Hills.  (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

Hotel Palomar, Westwood

Flowers frame the view from a guest room at the Hotel Palomar in Westwood, which offers excellent views of Westwood, Beverly Hills and the Wilshire Corridor.  (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

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Hotel Palomar, 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)

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