Triangle: 96 Years Later

I happened to be in Greenwich Village last night, and I thought to stop by Washington Place, just half a block from the beautiful Washington Square Park, where the fire described in Katharine Weber's Triangle took place. It's hard to imagine that there were ever sweatshop factories on this block, just steps from Henry James' elegant social swirl. I took a couple of pictures. Here's what the sidewalk looks like on Friday night, August 17, 2007, 96 years later.

But why end the LBC's Triangle week on such a despondent note as this? Instead, I'd like to thank everybody who participated in our celebration of this book, I'd like to thank Katharine for dropping by, and now let's swing over to Gwenda's place to find out Katharine Weber's favorite curse word and other interesting facts. Next up on LBC blog: Jamestown by Matthew Sharpe.

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[Katharine Weber]

Thank you so much, Levi and everyone else in and out of the Litblog Co-op who made this week such a Triangle celebration.

Oddly enough, the house that was torn down so the Asch Building could be erected at the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place -- that was where Henry James was born.