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...
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- Nov 20
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...
- Nov 6
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...
- Oct 23
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...
- Oct 21
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...
- Oct 9
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...
- Sep 25
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...
- Sep 16
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...
- Aug 30
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...
- Aug 24
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...
- Aug 15
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...
- Aug 1
Funkstown Plus – Oppenheimer: Edward Teller and GWU
By Frank Leone Oppenheimer is a beautifully filmed and thought-provoking movie about the “father of the atomic bomb.” Among the...
- Jul 1
Funkstown Plus - German-American Friendship Garden
By Frank Leone The FBA Newsletter and our regular Funkstown column is on summer break until September 2023, but we will provide these...
- Jun 18
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Own Walt Whitman Park
By Frank Leone In recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, we want to call attention to the little-known Walt Whitman Park, in Foggy Bottom....
- Jun 3
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Hidden Landmark: Braddock’s Rock
By Frank Leone As you take the on-ramp to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge to Arlington, you may notice what appears to be a round stone...
- May 3
Funkstown - The Real Story of Jacob Funk
We are thrilled to provide this Guest Column by Virginia R. Nuta, a descendant of Jacob Funk, who recently presented at the D.C. History...
- May 3
Funkstown: Slavery in Foggy Bottom
By Frank Leone April 16 marked D.C.’s Emancipation Day – the date in 1862 when President Lincoln signed legislation freeing enslaved...
- Apr 11
FUNKSTOWN – FBHD House History Map launched at DC History Network!
By Frank Leone and Denise Vogt The FBA History Project shared its new Foggy Bottom Historic District House Map with many of the 675...
- Mar 26
Funkstown – The Magnolias of Foggy Bottom’s Rawlins Park
By Frank Leone They are not as well-known as the Cherry Blossoms at the Tidal Basin, but Foggy Bottom shelters its own pink blooms in...
- Mar 16
Funkstown – Geo. Washington Slept in Foggy Bottom: The Peter House
By Frank Leone In the late 1700s, George Washington would occasionally ride up from Mt. Vernon to visit the brand new national capital...
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