The Atlas Obscura Podcast · Thursday, October 29, 2026
Christina Rae Stanton discusses how New York City used a short-lived law called the Small Parks Act at the turn of the century to take over old cemeteries in immigrant and tenement districts and convert them into parks.
“There was a short-lived law called the Small Parks Act. the city felt like they could take over some underutilized spaces or spaces that they deemed not worthy of being there.”