(2011)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, March 25, 1911
Albert Gallatin (1761–1849) by Gilbert Stuart
Asch building's internal staircase
NYU Building in Washington Square, 1850
The building's 9th floor
The University Heights campus, now home to Bronx Community College
The building's 10th floor
Washington Square Park, with its gateway arch, is surrounded largely by NYU buildings and plays an integral role in the university's campus life.
The building's south side, with windows marked X from which 50 women jumped
Bobst Library
62 people jumped or fell from windows
Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology on the Brooklyn campus
Bodies on the street
NYU Langone Health
Policemen search for signs of life and collect personal items from victims
NYU Abu Dhabi
Firemen search for bodies
NYU Shanghai
Bodies on the street
Washington Square Village, home to NYU faculty and graduate students
Bodies of the victims being placed in coffins on the sidewalk
A bus system transports students to and from the far ends of campus.
The twisted fire escape
Jack Dorsey, American billionaire and internet entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Twitter and Square, Inc.; CAS (dropped out)
Exterior of the Building
Robert Muller III, American public official; lead director of the Special Counsel investigation, author of the Mueller Report, former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; GSAS '67
Exterior and Interior of the Building
Alan Greenspan, American economist and public official; former long-time Chairman of the Federal Reserve; Stern '48, '50, '77
Max Blanck and Isaac Harris
Carol Bellamy, American politician; former executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); Law '68
Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwanese politician; Former President of the Republic of China; Law '76
Jonas Salk, American biologist; creator of the polio vaccine; founder of the Salk Institute; Medicine '39
Martin Scorsese, American filmmaker, director and actor; AFI Life Achievement Award winner, 20-time Academy Award winner, 23-time BAFTA winner, 11-time Golden Globes winner; CAS '64, Steinhardt '68
Spike Lee, American filmmaker, director and producer; two-time Academy Award winner; two-time Emmy Award winner; Tisch '83
Ang Lee OBS, Taiwanese film director; three-time Academy Award winner; two-time Golden Lion winner; Tisch '83
Alan Menken, American composer, songwriter, and record producer; one of only sixteen people to have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony; Steinhart '71
Suzanne Collins, American television writer and author; Author of The New York Times best-selling series The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games trilogy; Tisch '89
Alec Baldwin, American actor, writer, comedian and philanthropist; three-time Emmy Award winner; three-time Golden Globe winner; Tisch '94
Lady Gaga, American singer, songwriter, and actress; nine-time Grammy Award winner; thirteen-time MTV Video Music Award winner; Tisch (dropped out)
Angelina Jolie, American actress and humanitarian; three-time Golden Globe Award winner; Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Tisch (non-degree seeking)
Mahershala Ali, American actor; two-time Academy Award winner; Golden Globe Award winner; three-time Screen Actors Guild Award winner; Tisch '00
Woody Allen, American director, actor and comedian; four-time Academy Award winner; nine-time BAFTA Award winner; Tisch (dropped out)
Adam Sandler, American actor, director and comedian; five-time MTV Movie & TV Award winner; eight-time People's Choice Award winner; Tisch '88
Donald Glover, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and singer; two-time Golden Globe Award winner; five-time Grammy Award winner; Tisch '06
Anne Hathaway, American actress; Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winner; Gallatin (dropped out)
Tom Ford, American fashion designer and filmmaker; former creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent; CAS (dropped out)

The Brown Building is a ten-story building that is part of the campus of New York University (NYU), which owns it.

- Brown Building (Manhattan)

Other nearby university buildings and complexes of note include 5 Washington Place, which houses NYU's distinguished Department of Philosophy, 7 East 12th Street, which serves as the main building for the School of Professional Studies, the Brown Building, which was the location of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire before its acquisition by NYU, as well as Washington Square Village and University Village, two housing complexes for faculty members and graduate students.

- New York University

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A horse-drawn fire engine en route to the burning factory

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

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The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history.

The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history.

A horse-drawn fire engine en route to the burning factory
The building's south side, with windows marked X from which 50 women jumped
62 people jumped or fell from windows
Bodies of the victims being placed in coffins on the sidewalk
People and horses draped in black walk in procession in memory of the victims
Tombstone of fire victim Tillie Kupferschmidt at the Hebrew Free Burial Association's Mount Richmond Cemetery
Logo
Hilda Solis, the American Secretary of Labor, seen on the overhead screen, speaking at the Centennial Memorial; the Brown (Asch) Building is on the far right.
The commemoration drew thousands of people, many holding aloft "146 Shirtwaist-Kites" conceived by artist Annie Lanzillotto and designed and fabricated by members of The Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, with the names of the victims on sashes, as they listened to speakers.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Memorial, Mount Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens

Later renamed the "Brown Building", it still stands at 23–29 Washington Place near Washington Square Park, on the New York University (NYU) campus.