Persuading yuppies to move to “Swampoodle” was always going to be an uphill battle. So when the ex-industrial zone next to Washington, DC’s main railway station was slated for redevelopment in the 1990s and 2000s, the authorities ditched the neighbourhood’s original 19th-century name, which had already fallen into disuse. Instead, they christened the wider area “NoMa” (“north of Massachusetts Avenue”), a syllable or two away from trendy locales like NoMad (in New York) and Soho (in each of New York, London and Hong Kong).

Artists have been painting 20 murals in the NoMa neighborhood for the NoMa in Color festival in Washington, DC. In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax got on his bike (again) — and headed out on the Metropolitan Beer Trail!

Washington, D.C. 2024– The NoMa Business Improvement District (BID) is excited to reveal the much-anticipated renderings of the proposed new Metro entrance at the NoMaGallaudet U Metro station. These visualizations provide a sneak peek into the future of transportation accessibility and signify a significant milestone in the development of the vibrant NoMa neighborhood.