The 100th Anniversary.
I work across the street from the Brown Building-now the home of New York University's biology and chemistry labs-where the streets are beginning to fill up with (thousands of) New Yorkers. Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, during which 146 garment workers (mostly young immigrant women) died tragically by jumping to their deaths or becoming trapped inside. The fire lasted a mere thirty minutes yet long enough to draw national attention to fire safety code laws and conditions of the working poor. Only in New York can I relocate my lunch date from the benches of Washington Square Park to participate in a commemorative ceremony acknowledging a historic tragedy at a moment's notice. Enjoy!
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