Fair-Haired Dumbbell

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Fair-Haired Dumbbell
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The building's exterior, 2018
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Location in Portland
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Address11 Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Town or city Portland, Oregon
Country United States
Coordinates 45°31′24″N122°39′44″W / 45.5233°N 122.66209°W / 45.5233; -122.66209
Exterior in 2018 PDX, March 2018 - 12.jpg
Exterior in 2018

The Fair-Haired Dumbbell is a building located at 11 Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., in Portland, Oregon's Burnside Bridgehead project in the Kerns neighborhood, United States. [1] Its exterior design was created by Los Angeles artist James Jean, [2] and was selected by the Regional Arts & Culture Council, the city, and Guerrilla Development. Dan Cohen painted the artwork in June 2017. [3]

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  2. Korfhage, Matthew (February 7, 2017). "Portland Finally has Architecture Worth Arguing About". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  3. Bell, Jon (June 28, 2017). "Fair Haired Dumbbell Comes to Artistic Life". Portland Business Journal. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.