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Jane Street Triangle

Jane Street Triangle Renovation In 2011, the City’s Department of Transportation unveiled a planned makeover of the Jane Street Triangle, at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Jane Street, and West…

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Jane Street Triangle

…shape of the triangle. Status as of April 11th, 2011: At the Community 2 Landmarks & Public Aesthetics Committee meeting on April 11th, the Department of Transportation presented the proposal…

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Jane Street Triangle Redesign Update

…to present a revised plan for the Jane Street Triangle redesign. DOT hopes to permanently pedestrianize this small piece of West 4th Street which has been closed to traffic for…

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Labor History in the Village

Shirtwaist Factory Fire site, now the Brown Building (former Asch Building), 23-29 Washington Place On March 25, 1911, the deadliest industrial disaster in U.S. history occurred at the Triangle Shirtwaist

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Labor Day Weekend Round Up

…details, here. Outrage from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire helped spur new safety and labor regulations for workers. Image via the Kheel Center. Two street fairs will take place in…

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The South Village’s Italian Heritage

…others. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire via Wiki Commons (L); View of the Brown Building today via Wiki Commons (R) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Building (now the NYU Brown Building, 23-29 Washington Place) On…

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A Successful Centennial

Friday, March 25, 2011, marked the 100 year anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. The Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, among countless other groups, had arranged events all weekend to…

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VILLAGE VOICES

…Jackson Pollock Leontyne Price Robert Rauschenberg Oliver Sacks Maurice Sendak John Sloan Patti Smith Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney The Northern Dispensary 70 Fifth Avenue Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire A Monument to…

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One Year After the Second Avenue Explosion

…items or connecting to services and providing and place for the displaced to live temporarily. Today is also the 105th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire just a few blocks away…

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Village Firehouses Past and Present

…Bronx was burning and Lower East Side was also suffering from fires and abandoned buildings. Before that, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire became one of the worst workplace tragedies to…

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A Fortuitous Exchange

…site of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911, we knew exactly where to look. The New York City Department of Records (aka Municipal Archives) is the repository for…

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A Catholic leader for the South Village

…groups, worked with local charities, and was active in social services, such as translating documents, finding jobs, and aiding in the immigration process. Following the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in…

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Rose Schneiderman: A Voice for Women and Workers

…such as; “Rose Schneiderman,” Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association, 2015,” “Schneiderman, Rose,” “Uprising of the 20,000,” and “Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire”, Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and Economic History, 2013; Annie…

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The History of Sheridan Square

…whole, know- it’s a subway stop, there are a couple large apartment buildings with that address, it is the small triangle at the intersection of Washington Place, West 4th Street,…

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Landmark Designation Reports

…and National Register Report Bouwerie Lane Theatre State and National Register Photos   Brown Building (formerly Asch Building, site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire), 23-29 Washington Place Brown Building…

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23-29 Washington Place

…a public arts memorial honoring the victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. 2) View the application: Available in PDF. 3) View CB2 Resolution: Available in PDF. 4) View…

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Neighborhood History

…and Central Park. With the departure of the upper classes, the area became increasingly commercialized. Large factories such as the Asch Building (1900), later home to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory,…

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VILLAGE VOICES II Launches September 18th

…and the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. This year, in addition to the shadowbox installations, we are featuring two multifaceted, interactive large-scale installations in partnership…

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11 landmarks of immigration in Greenwich Village

…other incredibly important sites in Greenwich Village connected to immigrant history, including the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire building, which still stands at 23-29 Washington Place; St. Anthony of Padua Church at…

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What’s in a Name?: Father Demo Square

…was also Father Demo who presided over funeral masses in 1911 for several young women of the congregation who had been killed at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire nearby. Father…

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Margaret Sanger’s 1916 Clinic

…knew that that’s where the frank, progressive conversations were happening. Moved by the tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in Greenwich Village, she threw herself into the social and…

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Suffragette City

…the country’s history occurred when 146 workers died in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. The disaster led to legislation requiring safety standards and helped spur the growth of…

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History Lost to NYU

…loft buildings in the blocks east of Washington Square built decades earlier for different purposes, such as the former Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Building, now known as the NYU Brown Building….

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Even More Daytonian in Greenwich Village

…local community and New York City through many historic tragedies as well as day-to-day events, including responding to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911 and the World Trade Center…

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Julys Past From Our Historic Image Archive

…the Greenwich Village Trust for Historic Preservation) organized and led an archaeological dig of Sheridan Square. Kellerman being interviewed at the dig site. This 4,200 square foot triangle hadn’t been…

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Announcing the 2017 Village Awardees!

…Winner: Restoration of 30 7th Avenue – Lenox Health Greenwich Village/AIDS Memorial/St. Vincents Triangle Park- The restoration of the  O’Toole Building, the new AIDS Memorial and St. Vincent’s Triangle Park have…

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