Decker Building
The Decker Building on Union Square is one of the most architecturally unique structures in all of Manhattan. This flashy eleven-story edifice was built in 1893. The nature of the building is incredibly strange: it incorporates elements of Islamic and Venetian architecture to create an incredible explosion of detailed design. The building boasts a tiled roof and a domed minaret, in addition to many different intricately designed Islamic plant motifs on the terra cotta façade. The building was called the Decker Building because the original tenants was the Decker Brothers Piano Company, who occupied the building initially. The building derived its flamboyant style from its anarchist architect, John Edelmann. Edelmann was expelled from the New York socialist party because of his known anarchism. The Decker Building is his only known structure in New York. The building has a history of counter culture. It is perhaps most well known as the second location for Andy Warhol’s “Factory”, the epicenter of New York contemporary art at that time.
Andy Warhol was the king of the art world. He reigned over his empire from his studio building that he called “The Factory.” His kingdom received a harsh jolt when he was shot and badly wounded outside The Factory by a feminist filmmaker named Valerie Solanas.
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