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So we have an expression in Brooklyn Asphalt to awesome. The idea was we wanted to expand and really build a park and super playground. And here we had a real tabla rasa with playground that I've seen in the past. The play aspect is restricted simply to the play structure. We we are community. You want people to be mixing. You want all people to to be enjoying it. And 41 years of doing this, I've had the honor of working with Emmanuel thingy. I've seen many of Emmanuel's creative designs. And this is sort of the icing on the cake. You know, a lot of the design really stemmed from my childhood. I'm from Haiti. A lot of the ways I played is like running through corridors and you'll see like meandering path and also like narrow stairways. I used to climb trees a lot, but a lot of the plague on the city are really flat. By the time you climb it, you you up to like 15 feet up in the air. Experiencing a park or a space from a different part is something that kids would really enjoy. I used to lay down on on mounds and just watch the sky. Are playing playing with mud as a kid that's what stimulated me to be a an architect originally no one thinks about a bathroom but that's how it should be you know there used to be these really cramped tiny dark bathrooms but we were able to double the size of that and raise the ceilings to put in skylights and flood it with natural light this is basically designed to be like organized chaos it gives kids every imagination and really develop and when I say. Developers not just developing strength by using the different play equipment, but it's developing mentally, learning how to play along and harmony and when people can all gather and really work with each other and play with each other and watch each other's kids. And that's what builds great communities. One of the best things that my job is speaking with the community, seeing what the needs and desires are and then see it in use and see it like a year later and it's still vibrant. It's a thrilling place to be.