FORMER SITE OF SAINT VINCENT’S HOSPITAL
1849 - 2010

SAINT VINCENT’S HOSPITAL CARED FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE DEVASTATING FACTORY FIRE

TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE - MARCH 25 1911

Logo of the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory

One of the plaques placed in Greenwich Village where St. Vincent’s Medical Center was located between 1948-2010.
The plates were placed in 2010 with the closing of the center, and they show medical events in which the center was involved.

Today, there is the New York Memorial Park for victims of the AIDS disease

The sign is dedicated to the hospital’s treatment of the victims of the fire at the Triangle shirt factory, a fire in which 146 Jewish and Italian immigrant workers perished.

Additional signs in the same series: Click for sign's details, Click for sign's details

More details about the fire on the signs at the place where it happened Click for sign's details, Click for sign's details