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The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire - March 25, 1911 
Washington Place 
Washington Place 
Washington Place 
Washington Place - Water hitting the top floor 
Washington Place - Water hitting the top floor (click to ENLARGE) 
Washington Place - Water hitting the top floor (click to Enlarge) 
Washington Place - Lining up the victims in coffins across the street 
Washington Place - Lining up the victims in coffins across the street 
Washington Place - Lining up the victims in coffins across the street 
Washington Place - The wide columns seen in the photos above which were at the base of this building (across from the Brown Building) were replaced in the years after the fire 
Here is the first of two other pictures showing the wide columns that were later replaced. (courtesy of Ellen Williams of the Greenwich Village Grapevine Facebook page.) 
Another shot of the wide columns. (via Ellen Williams) 
Washington Place - The bodies have been carried across Washington Place 
Washington Place - The bodies have been carried across Washington Place 
Washington Place - The bodies have been carried across Washington Place 
Washington Place - As it is happening 
Washington Place - As it is happening 
Washington Place - As it is happening 
Washington Place - Policemen carrying a fatality across the street. 
Washington Place - Policemen carrying a fatality across the street. 
Washington Place - Policemen carrying a fatality across the street. 
Washington Place - Lowering a body by rope from an upper floor. 
Washington Place - Lowering a body by rope from an upper floor. 
Washington Place - Lowering a body by rope from an upper floor. 
Green Street - dead bodies on the sidewalk 
Green Street - dead bodies on the sidewalk 
Green Street - dead bodies on the sidewalk (click to ENLARGE) 
Green Street - The Brown Building from Greene Street 
Greene Street - The Brown Building from Greene Street 
Greene Street - The Brown Building from Greene Street 
Greene Street aftermath 
Greene Street aftermath 
Green Street aftermath (click to ENLARGE) 
Green Street - taking a coffin away 
Green Street - taking a coffin away 
Green Street - taking a coffin away 
Greene Street - Looking Below Sidewalk 
Greene Street - Looking Below Sidewalk 
Greene Street - Looking Below Sidewalk 
Greene Street - Policemen carrying baskets of personal possessions. 
Greene Street - Policemen carrying baskets of personal possessions. 
Greene Street - Policemen carrying baskets of personal possessions. 
The Brown Building Modern Day 
The Brown Building Modern Day 
The Brown Building Modern Day 
Map Showing Location of the Fire Escape in the inner courtyard 
Fire Escape - Click to ENLARGE 
Fire Escape - Click to ENLARGE 
FIre Escape - Vertical Shot. 
Fire Escape - Collapsed. 
Fire Escape - Collapsed. 
Triangle - 9th floor interior 
Triangle - 9th floor interior 
Triangle - Top of building across Greene Steet from last photo. Note same dentils on facade. 
The 10th Floor - with rounded windows. 
TRIANGLE: THE FIRE THAT CHANGED AMERICA - the book by David Von Drehle (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003). The book is a detailed account of what happened, with 3-d floor plans of the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors showing where events took place. ( 
from Triangle - the book by David Von Drehle. The 8th floor. 
from Triangle - the book by David Von Drehle. The 9th floor. 
from Triangle - the book by David Von Drehle. The 10th floor.
from Triangle - the book by David Von Drehle. . 
from Triangle - the book by David Von Drehle. . 
from Triangle - the book by David Von Drehle. . 
from Triangle - the book by David Von Drehle. . 
from Triangle - the book by David Von Drehle. . 
Miscellaneous photographs. 
Miscellaneous photographs. 
Miscellaneous photographs. 
Ground floor store shows size of each factory floor. 
Miscellaneous photographs. 
Miscellaneous photographs. 
Miscellaneous photographs.
WIKIPEDIA entry - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on 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 23 men[ - who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths. Most of the victims were recent Italian and Jewish immigrant women 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, at 23-29 Washington Place in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The 1901 building still stands today and is known as the Brown Building. It is part of and owned by New York University. Because the doors to the stairwells and exits were locked (a then-common practice to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to reduce theft), many of the workers who could not escape from the burning building jumped from the high windows. The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), which fought for better working conditions for sweatshop workers. The building has been designated a National Historic Landmark and a New York City landmark. Click here to be taken to the rest of the Wikipedia entry.
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS Washington Place - Firemen hose the top floor. (click to ENLARGE) 
Washington Place - Firemen hose the top floor. 
Washington Place - Firemen hose the top floor. 
Washington Place - Two Hoses 
Washington Place - Two Hoses 
Washington Place - Two Hoses (click to ENLARGE) 
Washington Place - close 
Washington Place - close 
Washington Place - close (click to ENLARGE) 
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