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Funkstown: Foggy Bottom’s U.S. Institute of Peace under Attack
By Frank Leone The large building with the graceful, dove-like roof that welcomes you to D.C. is the United States Institute of Peace...
Jul 1
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Foggy Bottom’s Colbert King to Retire from Washington Post
By Frank Leone Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post  columnist Colbert King announced  on June 21 that he would retire in September...
Jul 1
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DC History Center Offers Free Document Scanning
From the DC History Center : “To help its community digitize important memories and histories, the DC History Center is now offering...
Jun 14
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Funkstown – Still There - the Schneider Triangle on Washington Circle
By Frank Leone You may have noticed that northeast of Washington Circle  is a triangular block of impressive dark red brick rowhouses....
Jun 14
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Funkstown: Green’s Court – They Wanted Housing, They Got Highways
By Frank Leone On October 26, 1939, John Ihlder, Executive Director of Washington, D.C.’s Alley Dwelling Authority, spoke to the...
Jun 11
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Funkstown: Green’s Court – Gone but not Forgotten
By Frank Leone In 1890 about 10% of D.C.’s population - generally the poorest 10% - lived in alley dwellings. A 50-year effort to...
May 17
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Funkstown - History News, Notes, and Events!
By Frank Leone Colbert King on Community Displacement and Renewal - Washington Post Pulitzer-Prize columnist and former West End resident...
May 4
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Funkstown: Foggy Bottom’s OAS Building – The House of the Americas
By Frank Leone The Organization of American States  building is one of Foggy Bottom’s (and  D.C.’s) most beautiful buildings. It...
Apr 21
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DC HISTORY CONFERENCE Features First Ever Historic Neighborhood Gathering
Although these are challenging times for history advocates, the 51st DC History Conference was a tremendous success. The DC History...
Apr 21
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In a Time Before a Tatte Cafe
By Denise Vogt The West End. In the early days of spring, imagine a time before K Street was lined with vehicle traffic and trees...
Apr 21
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The New Watergate Museum Presents First Program
By Frank Leone The newly established (2024) Watergate Museum presented its first program  featuring NPR’s Scott Simon interviewing Joe...
Apr 6
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FBA History Project Judges National History Day in DC
History Project Co-Chairs Denise Vogt and Frank Leone were among the 70 judges for DC’s National History Day  event. National History...
Apr 6
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Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Oldest Houses, Once Removed
By Frank Leone The John Lenthall Houses, built circa 1800, are likely the oldest houses in Foggy Bottom. They were built on 19th Street,...
Apr 6
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Lenthall Houses: A Moving History
A special guest column by Emma Wiley Funkstown is happy to present a guest post by Emma Wiley. Emma is a public historian with a special...
Apr 2
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Announcing the FBA History Project GWU Internship Program!
Thanks to a generous grant from the Foggy Bottom Association Defense and Improvement Corporation, the FBA is now sponsoring up to three...
Mar 22
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JOIN US AT THE DC HISTORY CONFERENCE – April 3-6, 2025
At the Martin Luther King Public Library . The DC History Conference is now over 50 years old and better than ever! Register now for the...
Mar 22
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Funkstown: NAS - Foggy Bottom’s Temple of Science
By Frank Leone At the southern edge of Foggy Bottom (2101 Constitution Avenue) stands the semi-classical National Academy of Sciences...
Mar 22
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First Watergate Museum Event! – March 26th at 6:00 pm
Join the new Watergate Museum (est. 2024) for “The Stories behind the Watergate Complex - a conversation with Joseph Rodota and Scott...
Mar 8
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Happy Women’s History Month!
You can read about notable Foggy Bottom women in some of our prior Funkstown  posts – Foggy Bottom Notable Women - Architect Rodeck and...
Mar 8
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Funkstown: F Street – The President’s Neighborhood in Foggy Bottom
By Frank Leone Last fall, the FBA History Project was honored to be included in a program on neighborhood history at the DACOR Bacon...
Mar 8
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