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JOIN US AT THE DC HISTORY CONFERENCE – April 4-6, 2024
At the Martin Luther King Public Library. The DC History Conference is celebrating its 50th Anniversary! Register now for the FREE...
Foggy Bottom Association
Mar 16, 20241 min read
FBA History Project Co-Chairs Contribute to Smithsonian’s Washington on Foot Guidebook
In time for spring, Smithsonian Books just issued its revised and expanded Washington on Foot, an easy to carry paperback containing 24...
Foggy Bottom Association
Feb 29, 20241 min read
Funkstown: Connecting the City to Foggy Bottom’s Kennedy Center
By Frank Leone Foggy Bottom is fortunate to have the Kennedy Center, but its location here was controversial and access challenges...
Foggy Bottom Association
Feb 29, 20243 min read
History Project Updates – Hatchet Video, DC History Center Hosting, Updated DC Historic Sites Page, and More!
The GW Hatchet video team - Sophia Escobar, Eduardo Gonzalez del Valle, and Ava Thompson - recently interviewed FBA History Project...
Foggy Bottom Association
Feb 19, 20242 min read
Funkstown – Representing Black Foggy Bottom - the Lincoln Civic Association
By Frank Leone From 1937 to 1954, the Lincoln Civic Association (LCA) fought for African Americans in Foggy Bottom. It demanded new...
Foggy Bottom Association
Feb 19, 20243 min read
Up to $50,000 in DC Historic Grants Now Available to Foggy Bottom Homeowners!
By Frank Leone The DC City Council has expanded its Historic Home Grant program to include Foggy Bottom and increase the available amount...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jan 19, 20242 min read
Funkstown – A Democracy Tree Grows in the West End
by Frank Leone Democracy has been in the news a lot lately, so it’s a good time to visit the West End’s own “Democracy Tree.” The tree...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jan 19, 20244 min read
WTOP Airs Story on Foggy Bottom’s Formerly Obscure Braddock’s Rock
FBA History Project Co-Chairs Frank Leone and Denise Vogt were interviewed by WTOP’s “Matt About Town,” Matt Kaufax, about Foggy Bottom’s...
Foggy Bottom Association
Dec 15, 20231 min read
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s “Home for Fallen Women”
By Frank Leone The House of Mercy, a “home for fallen women,” which played a (minor) role in one of the greatest scandals of the Gilded...
Foggy Bottom Association
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Foggy Bottom – and History Project – Featured on WETA’s “If You Lived Here”
FBA History Project Co-Chairs Frank Leone and Denise Vogt were delighted that the PBS/WETA real estate show “If You Lived Here” recently...
Foggy Bottom Association
Dec 15, 20231 min read
Funkstown – DC History Center to Host FBA Map Project
By Frank Leone The Foggy Bottom Association History Project House History Map has a new home at the DC History Center (formerly the...
Foggy Bottom Association
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Funkstown – New Washington Row Houses Book Features Foggy Bottom
By Frank Leone An excellent new book, The Row House in Washington DC – A History (U.Va. Press 2023) provides fascinating information on...
Foggy Bottom Association
Nov 20, 20233 min read
Funkstown – Reinventing Washington Circle
By Frank Leone Washington Circle is at the heart of Foggy Bottom/West End and a gateway to our Nation’s Capital. Yet too few people seem...
Foggy Bottom Association
Nov 6, 20233 min read
GWU Student Awarded Prize for Paper on Foggy Bottom
By Denise Vogt Here at the FBA History Project, we’ve long hoped a GWU student would be interested in our neighborhood’s history, use our...
Foggy Bottom Association
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Funkstown: The Body-Snatcher of Foggy Bottom
By Frank Leone Hughes Mews is a picturesque alley today, but at the turn of the 20th century, it housed “the most infamous professional...
Foggy Bottom Association
Oct 21, 20233 min read
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Own C&O Canal Branch
By Frank Leone (The final part of our three part Washington Canal series – see Washington’s Canals and Washington’s Lost City Canal) The...
Foggy Bottom Association
Oct 9, 20233 min read
Funkstown – Oppenheimer and Foggy Bottom’s Einstein
By Frank Leone This summer’s hit film Oppenheimer gives us an excuse to talk about not only Edward Teller, but also about one of our...
Foggy Bottom Association
Sep 25, 20232 min read
Funkstown: Birth of The New West End
By Frank Leone Where and what is the “West End?” The “New West End” is approximately north of Foggy Bottom (K Street), south of Dupont...
Foggy Bottom Association
Sep 16, 20234 min read
Funkstown Plus: Washington’s Lost City Canal
By Frank Leone (part two of our three part Washington Canal series – see Washington’s Canals) Constitution Avenue now covers the path of...
Foggy Bottom Association
Aug 30, 20233 min read
Funkstown Plus – The Springs of Franklin Square Park
By Frank Leone Franklin Square Park is not in Foggy Bottom. But it is the area where I spent most of my 35 year working life and it was...
Foggy Bottom Association
Aug 23, 20233 min read
Funkstown Plus – Washington’s Canals
By Frank Leone The C&O canal is a historic and natural gem of the D.C. area. The canal, and its towpath, runs 184.5 miles from...
Foggy Bottom Association
Aug 15, 20234 min read
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