DCist: Photos: The NoMa Underpass Finalists
Behold: The ideas ten finalists have to transform four underpasses that connect the NoMa neighborhood.
The designs for underpasses on K Street, L Street, M Street and Florida Avenue NE all incorporate light in some way, whether it’s through projected images, an LED tree or a rain canopy.
Unusually bucolic in comparison to other major cities, Washington has many neighborhoods that border parks or rivers. NoMa, the emerging mixed-use district whose name stands for “north of Massachusetts Avenue,” is a little different. The area’s principal tributary is the track bed that curves north from Union Station, carrying Amtrak, MARC and Metro trains.
Within NoMa are four streets that pass under the rail lines between First and Third streets NE: Florida Avenue and K, L and M streets. On the west side are mostly new residential and office buildings, including NPR’s headquarters; the east side is more residential, but is home to Gallaudet University and the rapidly redeveloping Union Market area.
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