citizenM los angeles downtown

Like all citizenM hotels, the property’s entrance leads not into a traditional lobby with a reception desk but into a living room that feels like home: furnished with plenty of books, art and furniture from long-standing partner, Vitra. In the heart of the living room is a canteenM, serving food and drinks 24/7. Most food is sourced nearby, giving even those on a short Los Angeles trip a chance to taste something local.

To mark the brand’s arrival in Los Angeles, citizenM in collaboration with KesselsKramer, partnered with Downtown Los Angeles photographer Corinne Schiavone to fill the hotel’s windows with polaroid-style portraits of locals, transforming the seven-story property into a public gallery in the days leading up to its opening. Called citizens of Los Angeles, the photographic campaign captures the diversity and energy of the surrounding community and is meant to spotlight artists, activists, and business owners from the neighbourhood.