On March 25, 1911, 146 workers perished when a fire broke out in a garment factory in New York City. For 90 years, it stood as New York's deadliest workplace disaster. Bettmann/CORBIS On March 25, ...

A commemoration Tuesday to the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory — which killed 146 workers, transformed the American labor movement, inspired modern building codes and brought about ...

I wonder what my Great Aunt Fannie would think of today’s American workplace, with a percolating revival of its labor movement. On March 25, 1911, Fannie Lansner – the 21-year-old sister of my ...

For years, when I brought tour groups to the Brown Building (formerly the Asch Building) at Greene St. and Washington Place in Greenwich Village, I had only photographs and a story to guide me. Three ...

Sadly, two days after the fire, on March 31, 1911, Abbott’s body was found the fourth floor. Documents at the time stated that the Capitol, known as “one of the most costly and celebrated buildings ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Over 100 years ago Wednesday, the city of Bangor endured a significant loss. Resiliency is what residents showed after the Great Bangor Fire of 1911. “It wasn’t something we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Victims' names engraved in a metal overhang, part of the Triangle Shirtwaist Memorial, are reflected in mirroring panels along the ...