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CHALK

Public Art (2004 - present)

March 25, 1911 the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire took the lives of 146 young workers - mostly young immigrant women - and galvanized a movement for social justice. Each year on the anniversary, volunteers fan out across the city to inscribe in chalk the names and ages of the victims in front of their former homes.

To learn more about Chalk please check out my essay in NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy.

If you would like to participate in Chalk 2012 (our 9th year!) let me know!

 

The map was updated in 2011. Many thanks to the technical genius + kind heart of John Schimmel and the dedicated work of Andi Sosin and Robin Berson. The list of names was originally based on the work of David von Drehle and updated based on the research of Michael Hirsch as listed on the incomperable Kheel Center website.

Thanks to the photographers whose work appears above: Alexandra Berger, Roy Campolongo, Caleb Clark, Trish Clark, Cary Conover, Sylvie Degiez, Nathan Farb, Pamela Griffiths, Marjorie Ingall, Ilan Katin, Annie Lanzillotto, Felipe Ribero, Paul Takeuchi, Kevin Walter.