Isles of spice and palm . thoroughfares, and bordering thestreets are busy shops, department stores,splendid bank buildings and great Square, as this avenue is called, wouldbe a credit to any city, and Port of Spainshould be justly proud of it. BrunswickSquare—^the Plaza de Armas of old Spanishdays—is situated in the heart of the city andis a beautiful park, enclosed with an orna-mental fence, filled with lawns, flower-bedsand shade trees and with a pretty fountain inthe center. At one side stands the AnglicanCathedral—a magnificent stone structure inGothic style and with a c
Isles of spice and palm . thoroughfares, and bordering thestreets are busy shops, department stores,splendid bank buildings and great Square, as this avenue is called, wouldbe a credit to any city, and Port of Spainshould be justly proud of it. BrunswickSquare—^the Plaza de Armas of old Spanishdays—is situated in the heart of the city andis a beautiful park, enclosed with an orna-mental fence, filled with lawns, flower-bedsand shade trees and with a pretty fountain inthe center. At one side stands the AnglicanCathedral—a magnificent stone structure inGothic style and with a ceiling of inlaid nativewoods—surrounded by open grounds and rowsof lofty royal palms. On the other side ofthe square are the immense government build-ings, occupying two blocks and connected bya double arch. Massive, attractive in archi-tecture and dull red in color, these buildingsare perfectly suited to their surroundings anduse. Scarcely less imposing are the policebarracks and the hospital, while the Roman 188. On the Way to Market. Trinidad ?pr J nm V^ llfl ^^ JH .ilB ^B Frederick Street. Port of Spain lERE, LAND OF HUMMING BIRDS Catholic Cathedral, at the southern end ofMarine Square, should certainly be visited, forits paintings, marble font, Florentian pulpitand beautiful stained-glass windows are allvery interesting. Port of Spains streets run at right angles,forming regular squares—at least within thecentral part of the town—and all are excep-tionally smooth, straight, wide and well are of asphalt, for the Pitch Lake fur-nishes a cheap and convenient supply of road-making material, and throughout the islandasphalt highways provide splendid means oftravel by carriage or motor car. Most of the city proper is given over tobusiness purposes, and while Frederick Street,Marine Square and Broadway may be consid-ered the busiest shopping streets, every thor-oughfare is lined by stores and all are verybusy during the business hours of the of the we
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