Robert Moses Put Monkeys in a Park in Harlem. They’re Finally Gone.:
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The iron monkeys with shackled wrists were mentioned in “The Power Broker,” which was published nearly 50 years ago, but had remained mounted in a Riverside Park playground until recently.