702 Le Green Karen Kain began her gardening journey when she moved to 702 Le Green in 2007. She embraced a trial-and-error approach, experimenting with various plants to observe their performance in her yard and moving them as needed. Karen’s preference leans toward native species and pollinator-friendly plants. Among her native shrubs are Thryallis, Mexican Turks Cap and Horse Weed. She also has native groundcovers like Frog Fruit and Hairy Wedelia. Other pollinators include Butterfly Bush and Fleabane. These choices not only beautify her garden but [...]

Ricardo Paniagua – INTERSECTIONS OF DIMENSION -- 900 block Ricardo Paniagua is known for his trompe l'oeil and geometric paintings and sculptures which explore the relationship between color, line and form. He draws inspiration from a backlog of concepts and projects stemming from his dynamic and ubiquitous dreams and visions. Paniagua’s brilliant geometric sculpture for True North 2024, “Intersections of Dimension”—made of laser-cut and -welded steel and automotive paint—continues his work originating from a lucid dream where he observed a vivid hypercube—painted in a multicolored [...]

1445 Cortlandt Teran Smith, John Caffey, and our children have lived at 1445 Cortlandt since 2010. We were fortunate to inherit good “bones” in our front yard. Previous homeowners had installed the flagstone pathways, the large beds and of course the crucial irrigation system. Over the years, we have tried to make the yard more inviting to human guests by replacing the forbiddingly tall picket fence with a shorter one. We also hope to make it more inviting to bird and insect guests by [...]

Art Shirer – WISH -- 600 block Art Shirer has produced welded steel sculpture for more than four decades and is known for his kinetic forms and ephemeral site-specific installations. His True North 2020 collaborative sculpture “Carbon Sink” (with Dallas artist Sherry Owens) was one part performance art as they meticulously pieced the work together on site over a period of several days in March (just as the pandemic was closing in) using hundreds of discarded crape myrtle cuttings. Made [...]

Dion Laurent – AirPlane 1 - 400 block A fourth-generation visual and performative artist with studios now in Houston and Bastrop, Dion Laurent spent 7 years traveling the world after college—with a backpack of supplies—covering 23 countries and creating and exhibiting works all along the way. He has lived and maintained studios around the globe, including six years in Tokyo and throughout Asia, including a small Japanese island in the Pacific. Laurent’s large-as-life sculpture, “AirPlane 1,” for True North 2024 [...]

The Patrick and Murphy Garden Kathy Patrick and Arthur Murphy focus their garden at 615 E 16 th Street on two things they love: sustainable, edible landscaping and roses. The lot beside their house has eight raised bed “farm” boxes where they rotate seasonal “crops” of beans, greens, herbs, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and melons. The beds currently hold Provider and Borlotti Bush Beans, yellow squash and zucchini, mixed lettuces, carrots, cantaloupe, and watermelon. On the trellises between the beds, we’ve started our Pinto Beans, [...]