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title: 'Block by block: Help build Portland in Minecraft'
date: '2015-02-20T09:36:28-08:00'
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  - Portland
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# Block by block: Help build Portland in Minecraft

Unless you’ve been under a redstone for the past few years, you’ve undoubtedly come across [Minecraft](https://minecraft.net/ "Minecraft"), the game that allows multiple players to build, mine, and battle within a blocky 8-bit-esque environment. You can build practically anything there. And now, some folks have decided to [recreate Portland on the platform](http://www.reddit.com/r/Portland/comments/2wgh6o/were_going_forward_with_the_portland_minecraft/ "We're moving forward with the Portland Minecraft project").

Here’s Pioneer Square, for example.

[![Pioneer Square](https://i0.wp.com/i.imgur.com/5aSDL78.png?resize=600%2C310)](https://i0.wp.com/i.imgur.com/5aSDL78.png "Pioneer Square")

Interested in participating? [Read up on the project and where to participate](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10bBFC0FQRFwENdTkmCXqUIXA79b-kyu1w4WYbEXsJAU/edit "Portlandia Build info"). Just want to see what folks are building? More images are available on [/r/MinecraftPDX on reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/MinecraftPDX "/r/MinecraftPDX").

**UPDATE**

> [@turoczy](https://twitter.com/turoczy) Esri/City of Portland has a 3D model of the city already, and a way to import into Minecraft. Know the people doing this work?
> 
> — Robin Jones (@wubledoo) [February 20, 2015](https://twitter.com/wubledoo/status/568828248362057728)



Now I’m wondering how else Portland’s startup scene can help on this project. Maybe we could all chip in some time to work on the buildings we inhabit?