NEW YORK – It was a warm spring Saturday when dozens of immigrant girls and women leapt to their deaths – some with their clothes on fire, some holding hands – as horrified onlookers watched the ...

After 100 years, the tragedy still inspires outrage and grief. Why does it have a hold on us? By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional ...

The oldest victim was 43-year-old Providenza Panno, who was born in Italy and lived in the United States for six years at the time of her death, notes Cornell University. The two youngest victims, ...

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 ...

On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the top three floors of what is now known as the Brown Building, located at the corner of Washington Place and Greene Street in the Lower East Side. At the time, ...

For the unknowing passerby, the 10-story loft building at the corner of Washington and Greene streets is unlikely to stand out. But for others, it is a place of pilgrimage. Just over 100 years ago, on ...