Arts and Culture LifestyleExplore America’s 11 Most Endangered Places in 2015 Kandia JohnsonJune 26, 2015July 2, 2015 0 (Image: City of Birmingham Archives) (Image: Hunter Kerhart) The Factory West Hollywood, Calif. The Factory housed the pioneering Mitchell Camera Corporation for decades, and after serving a variety of other uses, reopened in 1974 as Studio One, an influential disco for gay men. 1 2 3 4