dpstyles: Someone that once lived in my bldg died in the NYC Triangle Factory Fire of 1911. There’s a chalk memorial every year…: (note: unrelated to the ghost sightings in my bathroom… sonia = 17 year old female. ghost = older black man) From Wikipedia: » The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was one of the largest industrial disasters in the history of the city of New York, causing the death of 146 garment workers, almost all of them women, who either died from the fire or jumped from the fatal height. It was the worst workplace disaster in New York City until September 11, 2001. Most women could not escape the burning building because the managers would lock the doors to the stairwells and exits to keep the workers from taking cigarette breaks outdoors during their shifts. Women jumped from the ninth and tenth stories as the ladders on the fire trucks could not reach these. The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, which fought for better and safer working conditions for sweatshop workers in that industry. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was located inside the Asch Building, now known as the Brown Building of Science. It has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a New York City landmark.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_firewww.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/ Chalking from 2009: www.flickr.com/photos/dpstyles/435342024/

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Someone that once lived in my bldg died in the NYC Triangle Factory Fire of 1911. There’s a chalk memorial every year…:

(note: unrelated to the ghost sightings in my bathroom… sonia =
17 year old female. ghost = older black man)

From Wikipedia:

 » The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City on March 25,
1911, was one of the largest industrial disasters in the history of
the city of New York, causing the death of 146 garment workers, almost
all of them women, who either died from the fire or jumped from the
fatal height. It was the worst workplace disaster in New York City
until September 11, 2001. Most women could not escape the burning
building because the managers would lock the doors to the stairwells
and exits to keep the workers from taking cigarette breaks outdoors
during their shifts. Women jumped from the ninth and tenth stories as
the ladders on the fire trucks could not reach these. The fire led to
legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped
spur the growth of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union,
which fought for better and safer working conditions for sweatshop
workers in that industry. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was located
inside the Asch Building, now known as the Brown Building of Science.
It has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a New York
City landmark.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire

www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/

Chalking from 2009: www.flickr.com/photos/dpstyles/435342024/

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