Resources Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

One of the worst workplace disasters in New York City history occurred on March 25, 1911. In total, 146 Triangle Waist Company garment workers, mostly immigrant women, perished in a fire in the Asch Building (currently the NYU Brown Building of Science), located on the corner of Washington Place and Greene Street in Greenwich Village. The fire spread quickly through the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors. Blocked stairways and inadequate fire escapes made it difficult to escape the flames. Many jumped to their deaths or died on the factory floors. The fire shocked America, leading to a long lasting social movement for change. The disaster was a catalyst for workplace safety, immigrant rights, labor union organizing, and investigative journalism. A century after the fire, America continues to remember, embracing those who lost their lives and the reforms they never had a chance to see.

Websites :

• Cornell University – ILR School (Kheel Center) o www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/index.html

• Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition o http://rememberthetrianglefire.org

• Landmarks Preservation Commission o www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/brown.pdf

Books : • The Triangle Fire (by Leon Stein) • Triangle: The Fire That Changed America (by David Von Drehle) • The Triangle Fire: A Brief History with Documents (by Jo Ann E. Argersinger) • Triangle: A Novel (by Katharine Weber) • Images of America: The New York City Triangle Fire (by Leigh Benin, Rob Linne,

Adrienne Sosin, and Joel Sosinsky with Workers United and HBO Documentary Films)

Films : • American Experience: Triangle Fire (PBS Documentary)

o www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/ • Triangle: Remembering The Fire (HBO Documentary)

o www.hbo.com/documentaries/triangle-remembering-the-fire/index.html

Commemorations : • Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition (Calendar of Events)

o http://rememberthetrianglefire.org • Chalk Public Art

o www.streetpictures.org/chalk/ • NYU’s Grey Art Gallery

o www.nyu.edu/greyart/exhibits/shirtwaist/shirtwaisthome.html • March 25 (12 PM) – Centennial Commemoration of the Triangle Fire

o Brown Building, NYU (corner of Greene Street and Washington Place, NYC)

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