The Seattle Department of Transportation announced the winners for the Park(ing) Day Seattle challenge today. The pop-up park installation by the Ballard Writers’ Collective won a 'Corners of the City' PARK(ing) Day Seattle award.

According to SDOT, “Award winners were chosen based on social media response garnered throughout the event day, as well as park location, meritorious design, and creativity of concept.”

You can view the rest of the winners here: http://designinpublic.org/parking-day-seattle-2014-award-winners/. Please feel free to share this link.

Winners:

Best of PARK(ing) Day 2014 Community-Hosted Pop-up Park
WINNER: Downtown Seattle Association, Bowling and Bean Bags

Best of PARK(ing) Day 2014 Business-Hosted Pop-up Park
WINNER: MITHUN + Social Scale Media WORK + PLAY | ALASKAN WAY

Most unique
WINNER: Weber Thompson, Why You Gotta Be So Rube?

Greenest Park
WINNER: HBB Landscape Architecture, Walking through Western Washington

Best use of Festival theme: Design in Motion
WINNER: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, (car)Park

Longest string of parks (multiple winners)
WINNERS: Republican Street Chain of Parks in South Lake Union
• PEMCO, Blue Friday Supercharged Seahawks Lounge
• Girls on the Run, Green Lake Power Walkers
• Mountains to Sound Greenway, Blue Tarp Campers
• Vespa Club of Seattle, Rustica Italia & The Scoomuter

“Corners of the City Awards” – Helping make PARK(ing) Day a truly citywide event!
• Northern-most Pop-up Park
WINNER: Kaffeeklatsch, Coffee Lounge Park
• Southern-most Pop-up Park
WINNER: Wyatt Jewelers, The Bean Bag Park
• Eastern-most Pop-up Park
WINNER: Forterra, Seattle’s Urban Forest
• Western-most Pop-up Park
WINNER: Ballard Writers Collective, Ballard Writers Park

PARK(ing) Day Seattle awards were given based on positive public response across social media platforms, meritorious design and creativity of concept.