My intervention is simultaneously an effort to create public, open, and community dedicated space for the people here to interact in without having to stand in spaces of “in-between”, and to make a case for increased vertical density in prewar apartments, which are a significant part of the fabric of the community, in order to serve a growing population. I am accomplishing this by intervening within the prewar apartment typology. By carving out units within these buildings and replacing them on top of the building I am increasing surface area to make space for the public program and presenting a modern version of living in a prewar apartment unit. This creates valuable intersections of both old and new as well as interior and exterior spaces within these buildings. This literal game of Jenga creates a new building type, which allows for access to light, air, and connection to the exterior.