At the Martin Luther King Public Library. The DC History Conference is celebrating its 50th Anniversary! Register now for the FREE...

In time for spring, Smithsonian Books just issued its revised and expanded Washington on Foot, an easy to carry paperback containing 24...

By Frank Leone Foggy Bottom is fortunate to have the Kennedy Center, but its location here was controversial and access challenges...

The GW Hatchet video team - Sophia Escobar, Eduardo Gonzalez del Valle, and Ava Thompson - recently interviewed FBA History Project...

By Frank Leone From 1937 to 1954, the Lincoln Civic Association (LCA) fought for African Americans in Foggy Bottom. It demanded new...

By Frank Leone The DC City Council has expanded its Historic Home Grant program to include Foggy Bottom and increase the available amount...

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...

FBA History Project Co-Chairs Frank Leone and Denise Vogt were interviewed by WTOP’s “Matt About Town,” Matt Kaufax, about Foggy Bottom’s...

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...

FBA History Project Co-Chairs Frank Leone and Denise Vogt were delighted that the PBS/WETA real estate show “If You Lived Here” recently...

By Frank Leone The Foggy Bottom Association History Project House History Map has a new home at the DC History Center (formerly the...

By Frank Leone An excellent new book, The Row House in Washington DC – A History (U.Va. Press 2023) provides fascinating information on...

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...

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...

By Frank Leone Hughes Mews is a picturesque alley today, but at the turn of the 20th century, it housed “the most infamous professional...

By Frank Leone (The final part of our three part Washington Canal series – see Washington’s Canals and Washington’s Lost City Canal) The...

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...

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...

By Frank Leone (part two of our three part Washington Canal series – see Washington’s Canals) Constitution Avenue now covers the path of...

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...