The Alley Gating and Greening project has also attracted interest for artists. A group of art students from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) approaced ACG and wanted to get involved in the project by designing the gates. Daniel Alende and Jonathan Taube, from MICA met with the people on the 1500 Block, Baltimore Street to brainstorm ideas about the kind of gates that they wanted to have for their alley.

Some people wanted to have a regular barred gate while others wanted it to be representative of nature. Daniel and Jonathan put their artistic skills at work and their chef-d'oeuvre now proudly guards the alley way of the 1500 Block Baltimore street. The students designed a gate which is a subtle combination of bars, a couple of which also serves as the trunk of a tree, and the use of metal to form a beautiful tree and a flower.

MICA students' chef-d'oeuvre: Artistic gates!