Brown Building (originally Asch Building), 23-29 Washington Place (aka 245 Greene Street), Manhattan
Subtitle: built 1900-01 : architect John Woolley
By: Landmarks Preservation Commission
Contributors: Harris, Gale, author
Series: Designation list / Landmarks Preservation Commission -- 346
Publisher: Landmarks Preservation Commission
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: Eclecticism in architecture; Factories; Architecture; Conservation and restoration; Lofts; Buildings; Remodeling for other use; Buildings, structures; Clothing trade; Shirtwaist Makers' Strike, New York, N.Y., 1909; Fire, 1911; Brown Building (New York, N.Y.); Triangle Shirtwaist Company
Notes: "Report prepared by Gale Harris"--Page 11.

"March 25, 2003"--Page [1].

"LP-2128"--Page [1].

"Landmark Site: Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 547, Lot 8"--Page [1]

Neo-Renaissance-style loft building, now a New York University science building, which housed the Triangle Shirtwaist Company on its top three stories. The building is significant for women's and labor history as the site of the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 and the Triangle Fire of 1911.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 11-15).