News Archive

DCist: NoMa Parks Foundation Chooses Second Underpass Design

June 23, 2015

After choosing “Rain” earlier this year as the first installation to transform a series of underpasses, the NoMa Parks Foundation has picked its second piece. Read more. 

Hill Now: NoMa Underpass to Use Noise for Light Show

June 23, 2015

A sound-sensitive art installation is coming to the L Street NE underpass, the NoMa Parks Foundation announced today. Read more. 

HillNow: Metropolitan Branch Trail in NoMa Reopens After Fire

May 01, 2015

A stretch of the Metropolitan Branch Trail in NoMa reopened yesterday after a fire damaged an entrance to the path. Read more.

Urban Turf: NoMa BID Selects Rainstorm Installation For M Street Underpass

April 17, 2015

Construction will start this year on a new look for a central underpass in NoMa: perpetual rain. In the winning proposal to enliven the M Street underpass in NoMa, rain made of light will shower over commuters’ heads as they walk through the space. Read more.

City Paper: NoMa Underpass to Become Never-Ending Rainstorm

April 17, 2015

Over the past six months, representatives of NoMa have contemplated whether they should turn one of their neighborhood’s grimy underpasses into a silent movie theater. Or a giant optical illusion. Or a sign-language classroom. Finally, they’ve settled on their first answer: a never-ending rainstorm. Read more.