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The Decker Building (also the Union Building) is a commercial building located at 33 Union Square West in Manhattan, New York City. The structure was completed in 1892 for the Decker Brothers piano company, and designed by John H. Edelmann. [2] From 1968 to 1973, it served as the location of the artist Andy Warhol's studio, The Factory. [3]
The Factory was Andy Warhol's studio in Manhattan, New York City, which had four locations between 1963 and 1987. The Factory became famed for its parties in the 1960s. It was the hip hangout spot for artists, musicians, celebrities, and Warhol's superstars. The original Factory was often referred to as the Silver Factory. [1]
He was president of Joseph Fahys & Co., located in the Fahys Building, on 54 Maiden Lane, New York City; the company was established in 1857. [8] Fahys' son-in-law, [9] Henry Francis Cook, who was president of the Montauk Steamboat Company, became a partner of Fays & Co. in 1880. A year later, he built his own factory in the Harbor. [4]
In 1857, Fahys opened his own business in New York City and in 1861 built an additional factory, under the name Foutenbach & Sons, in Carlstadt, New Jersey In 1878 the factory was renamed Joseph Fahys. [5] The business was officially incorporated in 1881, and in 1882 moved operations to Sag Harbor, New York. [5]
Century moved to new quarters in 1914–1915. [4] [21] Soon afterward, the book distributor Baker & Taylor also moved elsewhere. By the 1920s, Union Square was becoming a neighborhood dedicated primarily to manufacturing and wholesaling, and the Century Building's remaining tenants included Johnson & Faulkner as well as Earl & Wilson.
Siemens Mobility will construct the American Pioneer 220 trains at a 300,000-square-foot (28,000-square-meter) facility in Horseheads, which is near the Pennsylvania line, said Schumer, a New York ...
The New York City Harbor strike started on January 9, 1919. [1] It involved 15,000 [2] –16,000 [3] workers striking after it was called by the executive committee of the Marine Workers Union. [2] It stopped temporarily on January 13, after President Wilson requested intervention by the War Labor Board on January 11 through a telegram. [4]
The harbor is fed by the waters of the Hudson River (historically called the North River as it passes Manhattan), as well as the Gowanus Canal.It is connected to Lower New York Bay by the Narrows, to Newark Bay by the Kill Van Kull, and to Long Island Sound by the East River, which, despite its name, is actually a tidal strait.