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May 3, 2002
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Why is Foggy Bottom in Northwest Washington called "Foggy Bottom"?

-- James Habitan, 11, Falls Church

No one knows for sure who said, "Let's call this area 'Foggy Bottom' " -- or even why that name was picked. But, said Gail Redmann, head of the library at the Historical Society of Washington, there are a few ideas about how the neighborhood south of Pennsylvania Avenue NW and west of 23rd Street got its name.

First, let's take those two words. You know what "foggy" means: those white clouds that hug the ground. A "bottom," geographically speaking, is an area of low-lying land near a river. ...

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