Louis J. Viehmann: Island City Lodge Brother and the Furniture Factory That Became a Talking Heads Loft

Louis J. Viehmann, a furniture manufacturer and brother of Island City Lodge No. 586, helped build the industrial life of Hunters Point. Decades after his death, the Teepe-Whitney factory became a loft for Talking Heads’ Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth—and a recording space for Fear of Music.