Ride Glass Elevators Up Portman's Mirrored Downtown Towers
Glide up the atrium's glass elevators and circle downtown from the revolving lounge crowning five mirrored towers.
🛗 The atrium climb
The Westin Bonaventure is architect John Portman's 1976 landmark in downtown Los Angeles, a cluster of five mirrored glass cylinders wrapped around a soaring interior atrium. Exposed glass elevators run up the outside of the central tower, climbing past hanging walkways and reflecting pools at the base.
The ride pays off up top, where a cocktail lounge slowly revolves above Bunker Hill and the Financial District. The full turn takes about an hour, long enough to trace the 110, City Hall, and the ridgeline past a drink. Film crews have used the concrete pods and skywalks for decades, and the layout still reads as a small vertical city.
It sits a short walk from the 7th Street/Metro Center station, and the atrium stays open to walk-ins who just want the elevator and the view.
