DCist: New NoMa Park Will Be Named For The Woman Who Helped Open First D.C. Schools For Black Children

August 29, 2018

NoMa has a name drawn from a buried piece of D.C.’s African American history for a new large park in the works. The new 2.5-acre park adjacent to the Metropolitan Branch Trail just north of the New York Avenue bridge in NoMa will be called Tanner Park. Read more.