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...

By Frank Leone Colbert King on Community Displacement and Renewal - Washington Post Pulitzer-Prize columnist and former West End resident...

By Frank Leone The Organization of American States  building is one of Foggy Bottom’s (and  D.C.’s) most beautiful buildings.  It...

Although these are challenging times for history advocates, the 51st DC History Conference was a tremendous success. The DC History...

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...

By Frank Leone The newly established (2024) Watergate Museum presented its first program  featuring NPR’s Scott Simon interviewing Joe...

History Project Co-Chairs Denise Vogt and Frank Leone were among the 70 judges for DC’s National History Day  event.  National History...

By Frank Leone The John Lenthall Houses, built circa 1800, are likely the oldest houses in Foggy Bottom. They were built on 19th Street,...

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...

Thanks to a generous grant from the Foggy Bottom Association Defense and Improvement Corporation, the FBA is now sponsoring up to three...

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...

By Frank Leone At the southern edge of Foggy Bottom (2101 Constitution Avenue) stands the semi-classical National Academy of Sciences...

Join the new Watergate Museum (est. 2024) for “The Stories behind the Watergate Complex - a conversation with Joseph Rodota and Scott...

You can read about notable Foggy Bottom women in some of our prior Funkstown  posts – Foggy Bottom Notable Women - Architect Rodeck and...

By Frank Leone Last fall, the FBA History Project was honored to be included in a program on neighborhood history at the DACOR Bacon...

By Frank Leone One of our favorite activities at the FBA History Project is helping George Washington University students discover and...

By Frank Leone HistoryMakers  Digital Archive is the nation's largest African American video oral history collection and is now available...

The DC Office of Planning recently launched a digital tour of Washington, DC Black History Sites . The tour includes nearly 300 places...

By Frank Leone Stevens School (1050 21st Street, N.W.), built in 1868, is one of the city's oldest schools. Named for Pennsylvania...

By Frank Leone The early 1870s were a booming time in Washington. The Civil War caused a significant increase in population and housing...