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Once filled with warehouses and small businesses, the area known as NoMa — north of Massachusetts Avenue — is booming with the development of condominiums, apartments, hotels and retail sites.

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A Capital Bikeshare rider eases through the retail portion of the D.C. area known as NoMa. NoMa only came into being this decade. For more than a century, this neighborhood was a no-man’s land, populated mostly by warehouses. Then the it metamorphosed, almost overnight.

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The addition of the <a data-xslt='_http' href='http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=3182'>New York Avenue Metro stop</a> and a <a data-xslt='_http' href='http://www.metbranchtrail.com/?reload'>walking/bike path</a> helped contribute to the boom in NoMa.

The addition of the New York Avenue Metro stop and a walking/bike path helped contribute to the boom in NoMa.

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An overview of the new retail district at First and M Streets NE in NoMa. In the past six years, private companies have pumped in $3 billion in investment. Existing development is estimated to be almost 16 million square feet. In the past year, 1,400 residents have made NoMa home.

An overview of the new retail district at First and M Streets NE in NoMa. In the past six years, private companies have pumped in $3 billion in investment. Existing development is estimated to be almost 16 million square feet. In the past year, 1,400 residents have made NoMa home.

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<a data-xslt='_http' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/restaurants/watershed,1207478/critic-review.html'>The Watershed restaurant</a> at the Hilton Garden Inn in NoMa. There for happy hour are, from left, Chris Franzoni, 30, Anthony Favaro, 32, Melani Hom, 26, and Michelle Harburg, 29.

The Watershed restaurant at the Hilton Garden Inn in NoMa. There for happy hour are, from left, Chris Franzoni, 30, Anthony Favaro, 32, Melani Hom, 26, and Michelle Harburg, 29.

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Nat Stevens, 69, sells rims at Mac's Tire Service at Fifth Street and Florida Avenue, a half-block outside NoMa’s boundary line.

Nat Stevens, 69, sells rims at Mac's Tire Service at Fifth Street and Florida Avenue, a half-block outside NoMa’s boundary line.

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Nat Stevens has been around the neighborhood for decades and once worked at the Uline Arena, which is now a parking garage. “Has this place changed? Oh, yeah, it’s changed,” Stevens said.

Nat Stevens has been around the neighborhood for decades and once worked at the Uline Arena, which is now a parking garage. “Has this place changed? Oh, yeah, it’s changed,” Stevens said.

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People stroll past a coffee shop in NoMa. The <a data-xslt='_http' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/building-a-community-like-noma/2011/09/19/gIQA61M1wK_story.html'>NoMa Business Improvement District</a> has started a marketing campaign around the word “connected” so that the public knows NoMa is easily accessible via roads, two Red Line Metro stops, the eight-mile <a data-xslt='_http' href='http://www.metbranchtrail.com/'>Metro Branch Trail</a> and <a data-xslt='_http' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/capital-bikeshare-turns-one/2011/09/21/gIQApetylK_video.html'>Capital Bikeshare</a>.

People stroll past a coffee shop in NoMa. The NoMa Business Improvement District has started a marketing campaign around the word “connected” so that the public knows NoMa is easily accessible via roads, two Red Line Metro stops, the eight-mile Metro Branch Trail and Capital Bikeshare.

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Bennie Tweke, owner of Tag-B Parking, walks through the <a data-xslt='_http' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-business/post/movie-theaters-interested-in-uline-arena/2011/09/23/gIQAzTyHrK_blog.html'>Uline Arena</a>, which he leases as a parking garage in NoMa. The Uline was once a big entertainment venue, hosting the Beatles’ first North American concert and a historic address by Malcolm X, among other events.

Bennie Tweke, owner of Tag-B Parking, walks through the Uline Arena, which he leases as a parking garage in NoMa. The Uline was once a big entertainment venue, hosting the Beatles’ first North American concert and a historic address by Malcolm X, among other events.

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The <a data-xslt='_http' href='http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=3182'>New York Avenue Metro</a> stop. Trains rolled into NoMa in 2004 after a public-private partnership spent $103 million to develop the Metro station.

The New York Avenue Metro stop. Trains rolled into NoMa in 2004 after a public-private partnership spent $103 million to develop the Metro station.

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A view from NoMa looking southwest at construction cranes and the Washington Monument in the distance. Five new steel, brick and modern glass buildings are expected to rise in the next year or two. Fifteen hundred residential units will go under construction this year, meaning 2,000 more people could soon call NoMa home.

A view from NoMa looking southwest at construction cranes and the Washington Monument in the distance. Five new steel, brick and modern glass buildings are expected to rise in the next year or two. Fifteen hundred residential units will go under construction this year, meaning 2,000 more people could soon call NoMa home.

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