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Forcing the Past Vibrantly to Life

NEW YORK — On a block so overcrowded with poor immigrants 100 years ago that its population density rivaled that of Bombay, a man in an...

Historical Blue Moon Hotel Achieves Boldness and Sensitivity

An eight-story boutique hotel called Blue Moon has at 100 Orchard Street, a cobblestone's throw from the famed Tenement Museum across the...

A Hotel for the Arts

Artist Randy Settenbrino spent five years on an Art, Preservation and Design project. Guests as well as many people exploring the Lower...

A Night at the Museum

The Blue Moon Hotel is a boutique establishment with museum-like qualities. It was built in 1879 by famous architect Julius Bockel and...

A Blue Moon on Orchard Street

Orchard and Delancey, AKA 57th and 5th of the Lower East Side, is the epicenter of every interesting and vibrant downtown neighborhood....

A Short Interview with Randy Settenbrino, Artist and Developer of the Blue Moon Hotel

Artist and Developer of the Blue Moon Hotel, Randy Settenbrino, recently sat down for a short interview on his experiences in the...

A Living, Live-In, History Museum, on Orchard Street

On Orchard Street, right off of the corner of Delancey Street, on a busy thoroughfare bustling with popular shops and chic restaurants,...

A Hotel for the Arts

The Blue Moon Hotel is truly the hotel for the Arts. Once our five year art preservation and design project was completed, I had the...

Settenbrino's Famed Award - Winning Historical Hotel Reopens on Orchard Street

“Settenbrino may fancy himself a painter, but the Blue Moon is his bricks and mortar masterpiece.” --Susan Pigg in the Toronto Star As of...