{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode Seven: The Fair-Haired Dumbbell","description":"I first learned about developer Kevin Cavenaugh\u2019s work years ago when I was managing editor of a building trade magazine that focused on development, building techniques, and exciting topics like cemeticious siding and decking materials. (Kidding aside, I loved every minute of it.) His Box + One project was \u2013 at the time \u2013 revolutionary here in Portland. With its garage door windows and boxy exteriors\u2013 now commonplace \u2013 and small footprint of space, the project helped elevate an entire neighborhood. Other projects soon followed, some smaller, some larger all under his company name, Guerrilla Development. Since I\u2019m keenly interested in small-scale, incremental projects that change neighborhoods for the better, whether that\u2019s restoring an existing building \u2013 something Kevin says should be and could be done on any building, I was wrong in thinking that he intentionally built smaller projects. He talks about why he builds small \u2013 and not huge projects. On the site of a former car lot, The Zipper has four micro-restaurants, a punk rock nail salon, coffee shop and full bar. Photo: Guerrilla Development We also speak at length about his Fair-Haired Dumbbell \u2013a somewhat controversial project in Portland. If you\u2019re listening hop onto builtblocks.com so you can see what we\u2019re talking about. The building is not only striking in its looks, it was also crowd-funded. The interview also takes a turn and explores how a developer in Portland can create cool projects, make a profit and be altruistic about the whole thing \u2013 and that\u2019s not the usual developer line. Here are some links related to the show: The New York Times\u2019 piece on the Fair-Haired Dumbbell. Portland Monthly looks at Kevin\u2019s other projects (as well as his own home). The DJC dropped its paywall so we can all read about the new mixed-income multifamily project dubbed the Atomic Orchard Experiment.    ","author_name":"Built Blocks","author_url":"https:\/\/www.johnchilson.org\/","html":"