The Factory
The Factory was pop artist Andy Warhol's New York City studio and the center of his artistic, social, and filmmaking activities from 1964 to 1987. Originally located at 231 East 47th Street before moving to two later sites, the Factory became known for its distinctive blend of art production, experimental film, fashion, music, and countercultural nightlife.- Type: Building
- Description: Andy Warhol’s New York City studio
- Address: NY
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Empire State Building and American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Empire State Building
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. Empire State Building is situated 730 feet northwest of The Factory.
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
College
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is a private drama school with one location in New York City; it formerly had another location in Los Angeles. The academy offers an associate degree in occupational studies and teaches drama and related arts in the areas of theater, film, and television. American Academy of Dramatic Arts is situated 430 feet south of The Factory.
Morgan Library & Museum
Museum
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Morgan Library & Museum is a museum and research library in New York City, New York, United States. Completed in 1906 as the private library of the banker J. Morgan Library & Museum is situated 1,300 feet northeast of The Factory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koreatown and Rose Hill.
Koreatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Ingfbruno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Koreatown, shortened to K-Town, is a Korean enclave in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, centered on 32nd Street between Madison Avenue and the intersection with Sixth Avenue and Broadway, which is known as Greeley Square.
Rose Hill
Neighborhood
Rose Hill is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, between the neighborhoods of Murray Hill to the north and Gramercy Park to the south, Kips Bay to the east, the Flatiron District to the southwest, and NoMad to the northwest.
NoMad
Neighborhood
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 3.0.
NoMad, also known as Madison Square North, is a neighborhood centered on the Madison Square North Historic District in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
The Factory
- Category: studio
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.74667° or 40° 44′ 48″ northLongitude
-73.98444° or 73° 59′ 4″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
87G8P2W8+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 368043722OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“The Factory” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “The Factory”
- Basque: “The Factory”
- Catalan: “The Factory”
- Chinese: “工厂工作室”
- Chinese: “工廠”
- Czech: “The Factory”
- Danish: “The Factory”
- Dutch: “The Factory”
- Esperanto: “The Factory”
- French: “Factory”
- German: “The Factory”
- Hebrew: “הפקטורי”
- Italian: “The Factory”
- Japanese: “ザ・ファクトリー”
- Japanese: “ファクトリー”
- Korean: “팩토리”
- Lithuanian: “The Factory”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Factory”
- Norwegian: “The Factory”
- Persian: “کارخانه”
- Polish: “The Factory”
- Portuguese: “The Factory”
- Russian: “The Factory”
- Russian: “Фабрика”
- Spanish: “The Factory”
- Swedish: “The Factory”
- Turkish: “The Factory”
- Ukrainian: “Фабрика (студія Енді Воргола)”
- Ukrainian: “Фабрика”
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