For this year’s OHNY Weekend, Open House New York partnered with Wikimedia NYC to present the Wikipedia @ OHNY Weekend Photo Competition. Weekend visitors were invited to submit photos via Wikimedia Commons for a chance to win prizes, and at the same time contribute to one one of the largest collaboratively compiled and edited media projects in history. 1,100 photos were submitted, all of which are now part of Wikimedia Commons, the online repository of free-use public domain images that are used across Wikipedia. A select number of photos taken during OHNY Weekend are already being used to illustrate Wikipedia articles! Click here to view a list of these photos and the articles in which they appear.

For the photo competition, submissions were grouped into three categories–Details, Exteriors, and Interiors–and judged by a panel of jurors including Pat Kiernan, Morning Anchor, NY1; Roy Kim, President, Open House New York Board of Directors; Alexandra Lange, Architecture Critic, Curbed; and Erica Stoller, Director, Esto. Winners were selected in each category, one of which was selected as the Grand Prize Winner. In addition, 3-4 photos in each category were recognized with an Honorable Mention, determined by the number of votes from the panel of jurors. Prizes awarded to the winners include an iPad Mini and $100 certificates for Photo Safaris, courtesy of New York City Photo Safari.

Many thanks to all entrants and congratulations to the winners!

Grand Prize

Winner: Meister Hall by Striped Architect

Details

Winner: Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant by BronxAquarian

Winner: Brooklyn Army Terminal by Mark Funk

Honorable Mentions (L-R): 111 Eighth Avenue by Ayzego; Marine Air Terminal by AtDisneyAgain; TWA Flight Center by Mark Funk; and Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant by Apic24

Exteriors

Winner: Meister Hall by Striped Architect

Winner: TWA Flight Center by Bitpixdigital

Honorable Mentions (L-R): Woolworth Building and City Hall by Joe David; Tudor City Penthouse by cc2723; FDR Four Freedoms Park by Kenlarry

Interiors

Winner: Ford Foundation by Moucheraud

Honorable Mentions (L-R): The Four Seasons by Sarojini Seupersad; John Jay College of Criminal Justice by JZX422; New York State Pavilion by Erin Slonaker; General Grant National Memorial by Architecturalimagery

Open House New York gratefully acknowledges the generous support of New York City Photo Safari for this year’s competition prizes.