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...
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- Jan 19
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...
- Jan 19
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...
- Dec 16, 2023
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...
- Dec 16, 2023
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...
- Dec 16, 2023
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...
- Dec 6, 2023
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...
- Nov 20, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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....
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