By Frank Leone We are nearing Halloween, so let’s start with the scary stuff. Albert H. Fish (1870-1936) was perhaps the most notorious serial killer in American history, known as the original bogeyman. He was born in Washington, D.C.  In 1875, when he was five years old, his father, a ship captain, died, leaving his mother with too many children to care for.  She entrusted Albert to an orphanage until age nine. He later moved to New York. In 1917, his wife ran off with their

A large crowd gathered in the Watergate Retail Plaza on October 10 th  to view Laurie Munn’s “Watergate Portraits.” The Watergate Museum and sponsors hosted the event. The exhibition will be on view until January 31 st . Check the Museum’s web site  for opening hours. (F.Leone  Oct 2025)   Up next : GW & The Watergate Museum present acclaimed journalist and historian Garrett Graff, author of Watergate: A New History, who will discuss the myths and realities of Watergate. Wedn

The DC Preservation League has posted a “ Digital Tour: Gone, But Not Forgotten (Architectural Ghost Tour) .” This tour includes 19 historic sites in D.C. that had historical and/or architectural significance but were still demolished.  Some of these lost places went down with a fight, but all these losses reflect a constantly changing city. The tour starts in Georgetown with Alexander Ray’s flour warehouse (1855-1974) (Ray also owned the F Street House  in Foggy Bottom). It

By Frank Leone Did you know that Foggy Bottom contains important Civil War locations? Camp Fry, south of Washington Circle, was the home...

By Denise Vogt Long before the first “ Arts in Foggy Bottom ” exhibition in 2007, the Foggy Bottom Association sponsored the “First...

By Frank Leone It’s virtually all residential today, but in 1920, the seven-block Foggy Bottom Historic District study area housed eleven...

By Frank Leone The 1792 map of the new City of Washington contained about 1,136 numbered blocks (called “squares”) and Square 1 is right...

More than 25 people joined our sold-out walking tour of the Foggy Bottom Historic District on a beautiful Saturday, September 20, 1025....

By Frank Leone The western end of Foggy Bottom’s Avenue of the Americas  (Virginia Avenue) is anchored by a statue of Mexican patriot...

By Frank Leone Since Denise Vogt and I founded the Foggy Bottom Association’s History Project in 2021, we have included George Washington...

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...

By Frank Leone Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post  columnist Colbert King announced  on June 21 that he would retire in September...

From the DC History Center : “To help its community digitize important memories and histories, the DC History Center is now offering...

By Frank Leone You may have noticed that northeast of Washington Circle  is a triangular block of impressive dark red brick rowhouses....

By Frank Leone On October 26, 1939, John Ihlder, Executive Director of Washington, D.C.’s Alley Dwelling Authority, spoke to the...

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...