Last year I posted about the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. This year to commemorate the anniversary (which was on Sunday) I decided to share some other photos I took that day. Every year the names of each victim are written in chalk on the sidewalk in front of the building in...
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. The factory, located in what is now an NYU building, is known as the site of the worst workplace disasters in NYC history (until 9/11). Mostly female and many just in their teens, 146 workers died in the fire, many by jumping out of...
Over the last few days, New York has been a complete disaster area (there’s quite a few news stories on it all). On Sunday afternoon, snow started falling, and it continued all through the night. I was looking out the window Sunday night at the snow and actually saw lightning (and heard thunder). I also...
Thirty years ago tonight John Lennon was gunned down in front of the Dakota. Every year there is a vigil in the Strawberry Park area of Central Park, which is essentially across the street from the hotel (and, of course, named for the Beatles song of the same name in tribute to Lennon). I had...
Strangely enough, I am blogging more about Seaview almost exactly a year from my first blog post about it. Sometimes I like to wander around and take pictures of things I find interesting, and this place certainly is!
