1BASECAMP
Hyatt Regency Portland
600 rooms · across from the wall
Portland, Oregon · DI Annual Convention Retroactive demo
The city is one bridge away.
Day One, 6:30 PM — the welcome reception is at Powell's City of Books, across the river. Skip the shuttle. Walk out of the convention center, cross the 1912 Steel Bridge on foot, and collect the city on your way to the party.
Walk it your way
Same eight stops. Your track.
Pick the lens you came to Portland with — every card you mint adds a line for your work.
The route
Hotel door → the reception, on foot
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2THE WALL
Oregon Convention Center
Twin spires · a million square feet
3COFFEE
Green Bridge Coffee
Two minutes from the badge scanners
4✦ the crossingTHE CROSSING
The Steel Bridge
1912 · the only one of its kind
5WATERFRONT
Waterfront & Ankeny Plaza
Saturday Market since 1974
6PINK BOX
Voodoo Doughnut
Home of the official city doughnut
7WELCOME
Portland Visitor Center
Hospitality, in practice
8FINALE
Powell's City of Books
One city block · one million books
The set
Eight cards. One seat at the front of the room.
Every stop mints a card — earned by being there, GPS-proven. Arrive at Powell's with the full set and the MC calls your name at the welcome reception: one VIP seat, one very good story.
See the full set →BEYOND THE WALL · 4/8
Walk here
THE CROSSING
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BEYOND THE WALL · 4/8The local move
Stop at the halfway rail. South view. That is the photo.
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The Steel Bridge · Portland, Oregon
This walk
The single-event shape — one conference, one evening, a route from badge to party that puts attendees on real streets.
Always on
The destination-constant shape — a main street that updates as the season turns. Live now in New Albany, Indiana.