Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on Saturday, March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers – 123 women and girls and 23 men – who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths. Most of the victims were recent Italian or Jewish immigrant women and girls aged 14 to 23; of the victims whose ages are known, the oldest victim was 43-year-old Providenza Panno, and the youngest were 14-year-olds Kate Leone and Rosaria "Sara" Maltese. The factory was located on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of the Asch Building, which had been built in 1901. Later renamed the " Brown Building", it still stands at 23–29 Washington Place near Washington Square Park, on the New York University (NYU) campus. The building has been designated a National Historic Landmark and a ...
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Asch Building
The Brown Building is a ten-story building that is part of the campus of New York University (NYU), which owns it. It is located at 23–29 Washington Place, between Greene Street and Washington Square Park, New York, Washington Square East in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, and is best known as the location of the March 25, 1911, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which killed 146 people. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was named a National Historical Landmark in 1991. It was designated a List of New York City Landmarks, New York City landmark in 2003. History The iron and steel building was constructed in 1900–01, and was designed by John Woolley in the Neo-Renaissance architecture, neo-Renaissance style., pp. 64–65 It was named the Asch Building after its owner, Joseph J. Asch.Historical plaque on the southeast corner of the Brown Building, facing Greene Street, placed by the New York Landmarks Preservat ...
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