ciety. After the salaries of a staff of thirty-eight, and maintenance, heat-
ing, and repairing costs have been deducted, there is nothing left for the
purchase of new specimens. The only funds available for this purpose come
from the sale of booklets, post cards, and souvenirs—something less than
two thousand dollars a year. Wireless operators on ocean freighters oblig-
ingly carry to far-off corners of the world castoff clothes, whisky, and other
goods given them by the aquarium, and barter them for rare fish to add
to the aquarium's collection.

Trinity Church

Broadway and Wall St. IRT Lexington Ave. subway to Wall St.; or BMT subway
(local) to Rector St.; or 9th Ave. el to Rector St.; or Broadway bus to Rector St.

The good Queen Anne, in 1705, gave to the young parish of Trinity
Church a grant of land to be used "for the benefit of said Church and
other pious uses." The yearly rent stipulated was thirty pounds, "a reason-
able request." The farm lay west of Broadway, extending from Fulton to
Christopher Street.

Thus Trinity, the first Protestant Episcopal church established in New
York, came into ownership of a good section of lower Manhattan and,
as a consequence, became possibly the world's wealthiest parish of that
denomination.

Compared to the great cathedrals subsequently erected in New York,
there is little about the century-old structure, fronting on Broadway and
facing into Wall Street, that in any way suggests this great wealth. Yet,
for its day—it was completed in 1846—the church, designed by Richard
Upjohn, one of the famous architects of the period and sponsor of the
Gothic Revival mode, doubtless was considered duly impressive. The church
is constructed of dark brownstone in a free rendering of perpendicular
English Gothic. Although only 79 feet wide and 166 feet long, the build-
ing is so beautifully proportioned that it holds the attention, even in its
present setting, enclosed as it is by high office buildings that would dwarf
any less inspired structure. Graceful porches project beyond its side en-
trances. The main entrance, at the foot of Wall Street, is in the base of
the rectangular tower fronting the nave. The tower is surmounted by an
octagonal spire with a cross at the top. For years, the spire, attaining a
height of 280 feet above the steps, served as a landmark. Both the tower
and the spire are of brownstone ashlar, and are exceptionally fine in work