Around the corner on E. 4th St, Bowery Hotel offshoot Lafayette House (38 E4th St) riffs along a similar theme.

BBC: Brand new old New York

It is all three of Cunningham's New Yorks that spring to mind when looking out over lower Manhattan from the floor-to-ceiling windows at the Bowery Hotel.

BBC: Brand new old New York

New York hotel and nightlife ringmasters Sean McPherson and Eric Goode opened the Bowery Hotel (335 Bowery) in 2007, having built it from the ground up to resemble a looming 19th-Century factory.

BBC: Brand new old New York