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		<description><![CDATA[Fed up with his fast-paced life in New York City, Foster Huntington quit his job, hopped into a Volkswagen van and traveled around the country before settling in Washington state to build his dream treehouse dwelling complete with a skate bowl and wood-fired soaking tub. The photos alone are enough to make anyone daydream about <a href="https://weburbanist.com/2016/02/12/never-grow-up-man-quits-job-builds-dream-treehouse-dwelling/">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
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<p>Fed up with his fast-paced life in New York City, Foster Huntington quit his job, hopped into a Volkswagen van and traveled around the country before settling in Washington state to build his dream treehouse dwelling complete with a skate bowl and wood-fired soaking tub. The photos alone are enough to make anyone daydream about doing the same. Set against a hazy landscape just across the Columbia River from the Oregon border, two compact structures are nestled high up in the fir trees, connected by a meandering bridge.</p>
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<p>The 27-year-old adventurer and photographer gathered a group of friends to help him make his dream into a reality. It took them about a year to complete <a href="http://thecindercone.com">&lsquo;the Cinder Cone,&rsquo;</a> as he calls it, with one building functioning as a sleeping cabin and the other a workshop. Each measures about 200 square feet, and the sleeping cabin has bunk beds and hammocks to fit a group.</p>
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<p>The getaway feels like it&rsquo;s in the middle of nowhere, but it&rsquo;s close to Portland. The spacious hot tub on a deck further down the hillside keeps things cozy in cold weather, and Huntington and his guests have their own private skate park just a few steps down from the workshop. The friends involved in the building process referred to the Cinder Cone as &ldquo;big-boys camp&rdquo; and &ldquo;Neverland.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s all very Portlandia, and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/style/escape-to-bro-topia.html?_r=1">The New York Times called it &lsquo;Bro-topia,&rsquo;</a> which sounds about right, but it&rsquo;s hard to deny that the place is incredibly dreamy.</p>
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<p>Huntington has produced both a short film and a photo book documenting the building process, and lots of photos &ndash; from the very beginning of the project to its enviable usage today &ndash;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/fosterhunting/">can be seen on his Instagram.&nbsp;</a></p>
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