2011-12-17

Blue Moon Hotel marks NYC's immigrant past

Photo credit: Steven Sunshine | This is a partial interior view of the lobby area at the Blue Moon Hotel on Orchard St., Manhattan.

The Blue Moon Hotel on Orchard and Delancey streets on the Lower East Side is a step back into New York's immigrant past.

It's a labor of love for artist-turned-hotel builder Randy Settenbrino, who said he wanted to preserve the artisan past of the 18th and 19th centuries by turning an old tenement into a boutique hotel.

After five years of careful gutting and refurbishing, the hotel...

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