It was part of Spark Your City, an initiative which invites different women to "transform ordinary city routines and landmarks into extraordinary living playgrounds" through events and temporary installations in 50 cities across the globe.
"It's an adult adventure playground," says Sami Black, events manager for Xrunner.
"We built a kiddie pool and playground, and we hold events such as carnivals.
Where the north was conceived as a dog-walking, strolling sort of place, the south is to be more intensively used, with a children's playground and spaces for events both paid-for and free.
A cloud enters Poppy's blue sky when she notices a kid getting bullied in the playground, but even this event ushers in a glorious stroke of good fortune.
In 1965, the game emerged from the playground as an established event in the small town of Oundle in Northamptonshire, where the world's foremost conkers competition takes place on the second Sunday of October each year.
With proven interest in the contest — a reported 40,000 spectators went to Brooklyn's beachfront playground to witness the event in 2010 and 1.7 million tuned into ESPN's live telecast — the hot dog contest and its legendary host will be around for years to come.
One of the women told me my 2-year-old was cute, referring to the day we all met at a playground for a school event.
"People really forget about anything except where they are at the moment," says Playground of the winter event series, a celebration she has attended many times as an audience member.
Crescent Park, the first project, which started in 2010 and is still under construction, aims to add landscaped pedestrian paths, bike routes, playgrounds and two event venues to the Bywater district.
