Tag: Caro, Robert A

Robert Moses Put Monkeys in a Park in Harlem. They’re Finally Gone.

At first glance, the metal trellis adorning a public bathroom in a playground in Riverside Park may have appeared innocuous. It was made up of four posts, each decorated with a long-tailed iron monkey. But there were troubling details. The monkeys were black. They were connected to the trellis by their wrists, which were shackled. […]

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