What if instead of the pit where Sunset Bowl once stood, there was an all-ages street hockey rink? Or if instead of the temporary lake just east of the Ballard Bridge, there was a floating art installation?

Those are just a few of the suggestions for Seattle's vacant lots submitted to the Seattle Design Commission as part of the Holding Patterns project.

On June 22, the Design Commission released the 13 finalists out of the 83 submissions it received.

The finalists are:

• Community Rink: A space for street hockey, bike polo, dodge ball and more.
• ParkOurPark: A parkour park.
• Kaji Court: A fustal/soccer court.
• Rising-Shining: A temporal light installation.
• ViDea Video Performance: A video project project.
• Neighborhood Watch Theatre Company: A multipurpose public event space.
• Blackboard Jungle: An installation of blackboards for the public to write/draw on.
• Sail Away: An installation of sails and lighting.
• Graffiti: Temporary canvasses for graffiti artists.
• ViVi Traveling Cinema: A film and food mobile.
• Denny Garden: A transient urban farm with produce stalls and food carts.
• Surface Lot Container Garden: A community food garden.
• Seattle's Sunken Stages: Live, improvised audio performances.

The community rink was proposed by Seattle Street Hockey, which currently plays at Adams Elementary School, for the vacant lot at the corner of 14th Avenue Northwest and Market Street where Avalon Ballard will eventually be built.

According to Seattle Street Hockey's proposal, Adams Elementary parent Jeff Mazurek recently started the Adams Elementary After-School Hockey Program, which has had the maximum of 22 children participate the two quarters it has been offered.

Rising-Shining is an art installation created from helium-filled balloons in a net structure with LED lights integrated into it. According to the proposal, the balloon-filled nets would be arranged into building shapes to be both whimsical and evocative.

One of the suggested locations for Rising-Shining is the future site of Ballard Blocks II, located at 4517 14th Ave. N.W., just east of the Ballard Bridge and south of the Ballard Blocks development.

The graffiti project was also suggested for that same lot.

According to the Design Commission, the 13 finalists will not be given awards or grants, but the city will work to connect them with vacant property owners, developers and city representatives to discuss the implementation of their ideas.

Click here for more information on the 13 Holding Patterns finalists.