Brown Building

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The Brown Building is a historic structure in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village best known as the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a tragedy that led to major reforms in workplace safety and labor laws.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic building ⓘ
building ⓘ
architect John Woolley ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neo-Renaissance ⓘ
associatedWith International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union ⓘ
labor law reforms ⓘ
workplace safety reforms ⓘ
cityBorough Borough of Manhattan ⓘ
completedIn 1900 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designated National Historic Landmark ⓘ
New York City Landmark ⓘ
factoryTenant Triangle Waist Company ⓘ
fireDate March 25, 1911 ⓘ
fireDeaths 146 ⓘ
fireVictims garment workers ⓘ
floorUse1911 garment manufacturing on upper floors ⓘ
functionDuring1911Fire garment factory building ⓘ
hasElevators yes ⓘ
hasEvent Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
hasFireEscapes yes ⓘ
houses NYU biology laboratories ⓘ
NYU chemistry laboratories ⓘ
knownFor Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Greenwich Village ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
steel-frame ⓘ
memorializedBy annual commemorations of Triangle fire ⓘ
plaques on exterior ⓘ
near Washington Square Park ⓘ
nhlDesignationYear 1991 ⓘ
nrhpType National Historic Landmark ⓘ
numberOfStories 10 ⓘ
nycLandmarkDesignationYear 2003 ⓘ
originalName Asch Building ⓘ
owner New York University ⓘ
partOf New York University campus ⓘ
renamedAfter Fred M. Brown ⓘ
renamedIn 1929 ⓘ
streetAddress 23–29 Washington Place ⓘ
use classrooms ⓘ
educational ⓘ
laboratory ⓘ

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