Source: The real culprit behind the 1871 vandalism of the Paleozoic Museum in Central Park
Summary
There were once plans for a Paleozoic Museum in Central Park that would have had life-size concrete models of dinosaurs, but the models were destroyed before it could be built. The traditional theory is that Boss Tweed was behind it, but a recent study suggests it was a businessman named Henry Hilton who had an eccentric and destructive approach to cultural artifacts.
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