NEW YORK (AP) — If people really looked for history at the New York City building where the Triangle Shirtwaist factory once existed, they could find it. There are plaques pointing out that it was the ...
The Triangle Fire Memorial has been years in the making. The Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition held an international competition to design a memorial in 2013. Out of the nearly 180 submissions sent ...
Partially unveiled today, a new memorial honors the the 146 victims who perished in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. (all photos Maya Pontone/Hyperallergic) On March 25, 1911, 146 garment ...
It was the afternoon of Saturday, March 25, 1911, when a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. One hundred and forty six people died, the overwhelming ...
In 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist clothing factory caused 146 deaths, mostly immigrant girls and women. The New York City disaster eventually galvanized the U.S. labor movement to protect the ...