A giant steel ribbon with the names of those who died in the disaster has been installed Underneath it, a reflective panel shows the stenciled names as well as quotes from people who were there, describing the mayhem.
Names engraved in a metal overhang section of the Triangle Shirtwaist Memorial, wrapping the first story of New York University's biology building, are shown reflected in mirroring panels along a sidewalk, Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023, in New York. The builIf people really looked for history at the New York City building where the Triangle Shirtwaist factory once existed, they could find it.
A plaque marking the site of the 1911 Triangle fire, where 146 people, mostly immigrant girls and women, were killed in a clothing factory fire, hangs under a metal overhang section of the Triangle Shirtwaist Memorial engraved with the names of victibecause there were no workplace safety rules that said it couldn’t be. Some jumped to their deaths from the windows to avoid the flames.
Frantic workers tried to get out as the flames spread to the ninth and 10th floors, some scrambling to get into an elevator, others heading for the roof. But others who tried to get past a door to escape found it locked, trapping them inside. At a trial of the factory’s owners afterward, some said the door had been kept locked on purpose, over theft concerns.
Perkins would be part of a state commission that put a series of safety rules in place in New York that were emulated elsewhere, and later became an integral part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s cabinet as his secretary of labor. She pushed for policies like minimum wage, workers compensation, and old age pensions.
Growing up, Bass knew her great-aunt had lived through the fire, but it wasn’t until years later that she heard about Rosie. Memorial designers Richard Joon Yoo and Uri Wegman wanted to find a way for modern-day people to connect with the fire and its legacy, they said. The public was invited a few years ago to contribute pieces of fabric that were joined together in a 300-foot "Collective Ribbon." That ribbon’s design was then etched onto the memorial steel that rises up toward the top of the building.
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