ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 
5 
THE BATTERY 
From an early undated color print in the collection of the Whitehall Club. 
In the last week of the year, the City made 
provision for a third story on the front of the 
building, to create more space for administra • 
tive purposes, rendered necessary by increases 
both in exhibits and attendance. The fund ap¬ 
propriated, $86,000, will permit not only of ad¬ 
ditional office, storage and laboratory room, but 
also will permit of a great improvement in the 
outside appearance of a building that has been 
rendered increasingly unsightly by each gen¬ 
eration that has used it for other purposes than 
the fortress it was built for a century ago. 
The new front elevation facing the Custom 
House is in the hands of architects, McKim, 
Mead and White, who will deal intelligently 
and appreciatively with this nondescript old 
structure and improve its aspect from one direc¬ 
tion at least. 
The stained and defaced old walls will be 
given a new finish, probably in gray tones, that 
will relieve the prison-like look it has worn for 
the past twenty-five years, and be more in keep¬ 
ing with its present use as the world’s most 
popular public museum. 
CASTLE GARDEN IN 1869, AS AN IMMIGRANT DEPOT. 
From a print presented by Mr. Daniel H. Hanckel. 
