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Another Foggy Bottom, Across the Pond
By Denise Vogt Denise Vogt and Frank Leone recently welcomed Adrian Bloom , British author, speaker, horticultural specialist and owner...
Foggy Bottom Association
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Foggy Bottom's Unearthed Treasures
FBA History Project associate, Bellini the Beagle, recently unearthed a delicate 3-inch tall glass (patent medicine?) bottle in the...
Foggy Bottom Association
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Old Glass House
By Frank Leone One of Foggy Bottom’s earliest industries (1807-1846) was a glass-making factory located at 22nd Street and Water Street...
Foggy Bottom Association
Oct 7, 20243 min read
Foggy Bottom Walkingtown Tour a Success
Saturday September 14 was a beautiful day for our 4th annual Foggy Bottom Historic District in-person walking tour. Registration for the...
Foggy Bottom Association
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Curious Ruins – Godey Lime Kilns
By: Frank Leone Nestled between the Whitehurst Freeway and the Rock Creek Parkway are unusual stone and brick structures – these are the...
Foggy Bottom Association
Oct 7, 20243 min read
Nearly 50 Years of the Foggy Bottom News – Read all About It – Online!
By Frank Leone and Denise Vogt Shortly after its founding in 1955, the Foggy Bottom Restoration Association (now the Foggy Bottom...
Foggy Bottom Association
Sep 5, 20242 min read
Funkstown – FBA History Project Live!
By Frank Leone This Fall, the Foggy Bottom Association History Project will offer an unprecedented number of live events. We’ll have...
Foggy Bottom Association
Sep 5, 20242 min read
Funkstown – Historic Gem St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Celebrates 157 Years
By Frank Leone On June 9, 2024, Foggy Bottom’s St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (728 23rd St.) celebrated its 157th anniversary with D.C....
Foggy Bottom Association
Jun 25, 20243 min read
Kennedy Center Honors Foggy Bottom’s Displaced Residents with “We Remain Here” Banners
The Kennedy Center recently displayed banners with a land acknowledgement by Mahogany L. Browne, a Kennedy Center’s Next 50 fellow,...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jun 25, 20241 min read
Funkstown – West End’s Historic Alfred Mullet Rowhouses Renovated
By Frank Leone One of the West End’s most notable historic rowhouses recently underwent a renovation, which has resulted in 15 modern...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jun 9, 20243 min read
GWU President Hosts Neighborhood Reception at 175-year old F Street House
George Washington University President Ellen M. Granberg and Ms. Sonya Rankin invited FBA members and other neighbors to a reception at...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jun 9, 20241 min read
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s “Other” Breweries
By Frank Leone The best-known lost brewery in D.C. was Foggy Bottom’s Christian Heurich Brewing Company, located at what is now the...
Foggy Bottom Association
May 25, 20243 min read
Funkstown – Don’t Miss GWU's NEXT Exhibition at the Corcoran!
By Frank Leone The George Washington University Corcoran School of the Arts & Design students are displaying 80 thesis projects – photos,...
Foggy Bottom Association
May 11, 20243 min read
West End Library House History Workshop - May 2nd
The West End Library will be presenting a House History Workshop this Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 6 pm - Foggy Bottom Association History...
Foggy Bottom Association
Apr 27, 20241 min read
Funkstown: Happy ‘West End’ Birthday -- Duke Ellington
By Frank Leone April 29, 2024 marks the 125 anniversary of the birth – in the West End – of legendary jazz pianist, composer, and...
Foggy Bottom Association
Apr 27, 20243 min read
Funkstown – How Foggy Bottom Helped Win the Civil War
By Frank Leone When Confederate General Jubal Early threatened to take Washington in July 1864, “invalid and convalescent” soldiers from...
Foggy Bottom Association
Apr 17, 20243 min read
FBA History Project Presents Poster at DC History Conference
This year was the 50th Anniversary of the DC History Conference, held April 4-6 at Martin Luther King Library. Denise Vogt and Frank...
Foggy Bottom Association
Apr 17, 20241 min read
DC History Center Updates
First, a final reminder to join the FBA History Project at the free DC History Conference, April 4-6 at Martin Luther King Library. ...
Foggy Bottom Association
Mar 30, 20241 min read
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Landmark Heurich Brewery
By Frank Leone The Christian Heurich Brewing Company operated D.C.’s largest brewery near the site of what is now the Kennedy Center from...
Foggy Bottom Association
Mar 30, 20243 min read
Funkstown - Foggy Bottom Notable Women - Architect Rodeck and Interior Designer McCandless
By Frank Leone Foggy Bottom has been home to many notable women, including two important designers who lived in the neighborhood for...
Foggy Bottom Association
Mar 16, 20243 min read
Happy Historic Foggy Bottom St. Patrick’s Day!
Foggy Bottom was home to many Irish American immigrants in the period between the Civil War and the 1920s, as described in an earlier...
Foggy Bottom Association
Mar 16, 20241 min read
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