Running City Portland 2018

Stage 1

06 97205 SW Washington Way

45.522187, -122.703713 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Oregon Holocaust Memorial. Large bench facing the memorial

Sculpture on the bench

doll

11 1005 W Burnside St.  

45.523544, -122.681977 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Column at the entrance to Powell's bookstore close to the intersection of 11th Ave. and Couch St. Tiles with two letters on the ground around the column

Copy two letters from one of the tiles

AC

Historical background

Walter Powell opened Powell’s City of Books store in 1971. He was the first to apply revolutionary approaches in customer service. The store was opened 365 days a year and staffed by knowledgeable and dedicated book lovers. The founder also made an innovative decision to comingle new, used, hardcover and paperback, cheap and expensive publications of the same bookshelves. This innovation was very successful and Powell’s City of Books has grown into the largest independent bookstore of used and new books in the world. It can be easy to get lost in the City of Books: nine rooms, three floors and 3,500 sections. In fact, the building area is comparable to The White House full of more than 1,000,000 book volumes. Approximately 6,000 people walk in every day. Half of them buy something, others just hang around and drink coffee. About 80,000 book lovers browse the City’s shelves every day online.

12 Intersection of SW Salmon St. and SW 18th Ave.

45.520452, -122.691111 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Lincoln High School fence along 18th Ave. Photo on the fence closest to the intersection with Salmon St.

Number of legs on the photo

18

13 Chapman Elementary School, 1445 NW 26th Ave.

45.53327, -122.705244 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Map fragment on the stairs leading to the school's main entrance

Number of settlements on the fragment

9

41 1037 SW Broadway  

45.516816, -122.68151 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Bollards with mythological and folklore characters along the sidewalk adjacent to Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall along SW Main St. Row closest to the building

Sixth character counting from SW Broadway

Sidha Korya

Historical background

On March 8, 1928 — as is usual in March — it was not warm outside. It was cold. That did not bother the three thousand-strong crowd of cinema fans. The line was waiting patiently for hours to get to the opening of the cinema seating 3,036. It was built in 1927 in the architectural tradition of the French Renaissance by Chicago architects. The building miraculously survived in the 1970's, when the stream of those who wanted to watch the cinema was very thin, the earnings came down and it was very much wanted to be demolished, but the process was stopped in time thanks to a historic landmark designation in 1972. However, many of the items inside, including the organ, were sold at an auction. Portland Theater, Portland Paramount or, as it is called by the locals now, Schnitz, was renamed Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in 1984, when the Schnitzer family donated $1 million to complete the reconstruction. The theater has hosted concerts by so well-known musicians as Frank Sinatra, Ozzy Osbourne, Bob Marley, and Madonna. Today it is the home of the Oregon Philharmonic, a meeting place for music lovers.

47 931 NW 23rd Ave.

45.529456, -122.698687 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Sculpture in front of the cafe

Number of pigs and piglets

8

57 209 NW 23rd Ave.  

45.524409, -122.698499 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Iron ring on the curb near the parking meter

Copy the phrase on the tag

Keep Portland Weird

Historical background

The sidewalks of Portland are peppered with metal rings. They are the remnants of the early 1900's when horses provided the primary mode of transportation. In 1905 there were only 218 cars registered in the entire state of Oregon. In 1907 Portland City Council passed an ordinance requiring that new curbs in front of houses have "ring bolts" installed every 25 feet so that delivery vehicles could be securely tied down to protect pedestrians and other wagons using the street. By the late 1920's, the automobile had almost completely replaced the horse and wagon and the tethering rings became obsolete. Moreover some locals complained about missteps because of them. So most of the rings were removed from curbs and sidewalks for safety purposes by the late 1970's. In 2005 Portland resident Scott Wayne Indiana tied his first plastic toy horse to a ring located in the Pearl District. It was his attempt to draw attention to the rings and to celebrate Portland's history. His personal art project soon found its fans and other Portland residents began adding their own tiny horses to the herd. You can find Instagram photos of hundreds of "parked" toy horses, other animals and couple of dinosaurs using #PortlandHorseProject hashtag. "Keep Portland Weird" is the city’s moto and it really is, isn’t it?

89 1803 SW Park Ave.

45.512249, -122.685442 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Plaques near the drinking fountain by the house

Difference between the years mentioned on the right and left plaques

88

91 The area between 1135 SW Myrtle Ct. and 1313 SW Myrtle Ct.

45.509542, -122.692078 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Hatch by to the sign "SW Myrtle Ct"

Copy eight symbols

D1104D92

93 1581 SW Upper Hall Dr.

45.512948, -122.693725 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Ceramic sign on the flowerbed in front of the courtyard

Number of rabbits

6

94 Intersection of SW Vista Ave. and SW Market St. Dr.

45.518309, -122.697254 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Memorial plaque near the Dead End road sign on the west side of the bridge

Last line

a friend of trees

30 2600 NW Vaughn St.

45.536667, -122.705097 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

SmartFit Training

Signature of an official

Bonus checkpoints

87 Intersection of NW Quimby St. and driveway to 3333 NW Quimby St.  

45.533398, -122.715799 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Hatch on the ground (please do not enter the house courtyard)

Number of through holes

Bonus time 55 minutes

16

Historical background

You could see this house in the movie "Twilight". Cullen’s family lived here. According to the plot Cullens lived in Forks, WA, but actually the film was shot in Portland. The house was built in 2006. Its owner, the director of footwear design in Nike, by the way, let the shooting start in 2007. A lot of fans come to this spot every day.

Stage 2

02 1530 NE 10th Ave.

45.534221, -122.655444 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Bas-reliefs under the roof of the building

Form of the pharaohs' pendants

round

08 Intersection of NW 23rd Pl. and NW Vaugh St.

45.53687, -122.699813 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Gas meter near the building with a graffiti along Vaugh St. Blue sign on the left

Art profession

Singer

09 721 NW 9th Ave.

45.528565, -122.680684 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Fence between the parking lot and the sidewalk along the NW 10th Ave. Plaque with an anonymous quote

Copy the grammatical subject

Nature

78 800 NW 6th Ave.  

45.528691, -122.67679 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Sign on a lamppost in the public garden in front of the Union Station

Whom are you asked not to feed?

pigeons

Historical background

Go to train! Brief and clear. Since its construction (and the terminal was built for three years, from 1893 till 1896), passengers have been entering and exiting it almost continuously. Neither reconstruction, nor the transition of the building from owner to another stoped the operation of the portal to the "City of Roses". Union Station (and in the past Grand Central Station, no more, no less) is a 150-foot tower built in the traditions of Romanesque architecture. Apart from the huge two-story waiting room there was a smoking room, a barber shop, toilet rooms, an immigration processing room, a dining room, a lunchroom, a baggage room, a mail office, a telegraph office, a ticket office, a news room, and a baggage checking room on the ground floor. Today it is a passenger terminal serving three Amtrak lines connecting Portland with Vancouver, Los Angeles and Chicago.

88 1623 NW 19th Ave.  

45.534717, -122.691059 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Plaque to the left from the entrance

Who is thanked on the plaque?

Croatian community

Historical background

The oldest of the existing Catholic churches in the city should have been different. In the original architect's plan (and built by Otto Kleeman, a resident of Portland), the building should be made of bricks. But for unknown reason, the contract for construction was won by mason James Barrett and the first corner stone — a basalt one from Clackamas County — was laid on March 17, 1889. Made in the spirit of the Italian Renaissance, topped with a dome, the church originally united Catholics from Ireland and Croatia, who worked at sawmills and at the docks of Portland. Today, St Patrick's Catholic Church hosts the Spanish-speaking Catholic choir Cantores in Ecclesia. Latin American parishioners brought spirit of renewal and revived the strict Catholic spirit of the church.

92 1218 NW 21st Ave.

45.531583, -122.694347 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Car on the lawn under the window near the entrance

Word across the grille

Mercury

95 Intersection of N Broadway and N Larrabee Ave.

45.533169, -122.671221 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Stone with a memorial plaque near the intersection

Number of people mentioned on the plaque

4

96 51 NE Holladay St.

45.530298, -122.665572 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Roof of the building

Whose sculpture is located on the roof?

owl

40 Intersection of NE Multnomah St. and NE 9th Ave.

45.531602, -122.656399 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Bench by the fountain

Signature of an official

Stage 3

01 Intersection of SE Belmont St. и SE 30th Ave

45.516407, -122.63477 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Fourth graffiti from Belmont St.

Sum of money

15 cents

03 1875 SE Belmont St.

45.51661, -122.64721 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Phrase on the curb along the building

Third word

Administration

07 Intersection of SE 33 Ave. and SE Hawthorne Blvd.

45.512144, -122.630929 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Graffiti along SE 33th Ave. Musician with a lute

Number of rings on the musician's hand

4

14 1099 NW Overton St.

45.533109, -122.682009 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

The Fields Park

Number of decorative snails in the park

6

37 208 SW Ankeny St.

45.522435, -122.672635 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Sign on the corner of the building at SW Ankeny St. and SW 2nd St. intersection

What was the price per oysters in 1906?

50 cents

45 123 NE 3rd Ave.

45.523822, -122.662836 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

National Register of Historic Places plaque

Number of letters “Y” (“y”)

5

55 Intersection of Eastbank Esplanade and SE Salmon St.

45.514388, -122.668029 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Hawthorne Bridge information board

Final destination of the trolleybus in the photo

East Moreland / Eastmoreland

67 Mill Ends Park  

45.516181, -122.673249 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Crosswalk at the intersection of SW Taylor St. and Pacific Hwy. W. Information board in the park

Number of letters “R” (“r”)

10

Historical background

Mill Ends park was founded in 1948 by the Oregon Journal columnist Dick Hagan. The park was named after his column "Mill Ends" (leftover irregular pieces of wood at lumber mills). The founder claimed that he captured the leprechaun here, which meant that he had earned a wish and Dick wished to have a park. This park is known to be the only leprechaun colony west of Ireland. In different years the park had a swimming pool, a ferris wheel and a statue of a flying saucer. In 2006 the whole park was moved 80 feet from its original location because of road construction, in the end of work he was returned back. In 2011 a protester was arrested in the park during "Occupy Portland" demonstrations. In 2013 the tree was stolen from park, but soon it was returned and placed near the replacement tree. Unfortunately Dick Hagan forgot to specify park size for his wish to leprechaun. In 1971 Mill Ends was officially recognized to be the smallest park in the World by Guinness Book of Records.

77 1037 SE Ash St.  

45.521631, -122.654731 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Meter on the wall facing SE 11th Ave.

First four digits of serial number

3101

Historical background

The Bots are art objects created by the local artist Gary Hirsch. The idea for the Bots came from a sketch Gary published in 2000. The caption inspired to "go through your entire day visualizing that you have a personal giant robot that protects, defends, and gives you outrageous compliments". A lot of readers got excited about this idea, and Gary started painting Bots on the back of dominos so anyone could take his own Bot wherever the protégé goes. Artist created more than 50,000 of Bots figures leaving them on the streets for random stranger to pick, donating them to children's hospitals, painting big ones in graffitis. Viewers are asked to interact with Bots by taking a selfie and sharing it online with #botpdx and #botjoy hashtags. The Bots creator hopes these photos will show a snapshot of the developing community. Hirsch says, "The purpose behind this project is to really help connect community — to have people think about some questions that are really simple but they still may not answer often in their own day-to-day lives".