'' We Choose Love '' is a 2018 memorial painted along the ramp walls of the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center , in northeast Portland , Oregon , to commemorate victims of the 2017 Portland train attack . The memorial is temporary , as the station is slated for renovation . On November 9 , 2017 , TriMet asked artists to propose " text-based " designs for a mural commemorating Ricky Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche , who were killed in the 2017 Portland train attack . The mural was painted along the ramp walls of the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center . Submissions were due by November 29 , and artists were determined by December 5 . Concepts were due in January 2018 , and final design plans are to be confirmed in late February or early March . Work on the " Tribute Wall " began on April 20 , and was scheduled to be completed by May 12 , 2018
2017 Portland train attack
2017 Portland train attack
We Choose Love