1 Hotel Central Park is a successful experiment in the mixing of environmentalism and luxury, with ultra-high-end hippie nuances and amenities like hemp mattresses and terrariums.

The 229-room 1 Hotel Central Park on West 58th Street is the second installment in a new dynasty of hotels from Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Hotels + Resorts. The man behind the popular W hotel collection becomes ecologically friendly with the 1. Designed by the New York-based firm AvroKO, known for its James Beard Award-winning work on the Australian-inflected Public, a restaurant in Manhattan, 1 Hotel Central Park is a successful experiment in the mixing of environmentalism and luxury, with ultra-high-end hippie nuances and amenities like hemp mattresses, water filters, and terrariums. The exposed-wood aesthetic on the walls, greenhouse-like showers, and furniture made by local artisans give you the sense that smoking is prohibited for more than just the deleterious effects of secondhand smoke. Jams, the 100-seat restaurant downstairs, serves up seasonal dishes made of—you guessed it—locally farmed, organic ingredients. And for those wanting to bomb around the city like Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman," take the hotel up on their offer. Not in a Ferrari, though. How about a Tesla?