Foggy Bottom
Neighborhood in Washington, D.C., United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, located in the city's northwest quadrant. Stretching west of the White House towards the Potomac River, the neighborhood is home to numerous federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of State and the Federal Reserve, as well as international institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, while the core of the neighborhood is occupied by George Washington University.
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Foggy Bottom | |
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Top: Corcoran School of Art (left) and U.S. Department of Interior (right); middle: Monroe-Adams House (left), George Washington University (center), The Octagon House (right); bottom: American Red Cross (left), and Foggy Bottom–GWU station (right) | |
Country | United States |
District | Washington, D.C. |
Quadrant | Northwest |
Ward | 2 |
Within greater Foggy Bottom, there is a four block Historic District with modest row houses and alleys dating from as early as the 1870s and housed working class Irish, German and African Americans during the historic period of 1860-1915. [1]
The neighborhood is located north of the National Mall, east of the Potomac and Georgetown, south of the West End, and west of Downtown D.C.