Walk This Way: Foggy Bottom (20006 & 20037)
Photo of Foggy Bottom courtesy of Wikipedia.
“Foggy Bottom is one of Washington, D.C.‘s oldest 19th century neighborhoods. The neighborhood is thought to have been named because, as a low-lying area, fog or industrial smoke tended to concentrate there. (Ironically, this setting was the original location for The United States Naval Observatory.) It is located to the west of downtown D.C. in the Northwest quadrant, bounded roughly by 17th Street to the east, Rock Creek Park to the west, Constitution Avenue to the south, and Pennsylvania Avenue to the north.
“Foggy Bottom” is often used as a metonym for the United States Department of State, whose Harry S Truman Building headquarters is located in the neighborhood. The main campus of George Washington University is also located in Foggy Bottom, as well as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Friendship Lodge Odd Fellows Hall, and the infamous Watergate complex, site of the Watergate burglaries which led to President Richard Nixon‘s resignation. George Washington University has grown significantly over the past decades and now covers much of the neighborhood. The neighborhood has numerous mid-rise apartment buildings.Just on the edge of Foggy Bottom are the U.S. Department of Interior, the gigantic World Bank office building, Office of Personnel Management, Constitution Hall, American Red Cross headquarters, Federal Reserve Board, Pan American Health Organization, and Organization of American States.
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Foggy Bottom is served by the Foggy Bottom-GWU Washington Metro station, with service by the Blue and Orange Metro Lines. “Foggy Bottom” was also the name of a line of beer by the Olde Heurich Brewing Company. The firm was founded in the neighborhood, but the modern beer was actually brewed in Utica, New York.” – Wikipedia
Foggy Bottom is number 5 on Walk Score’s DC list and has an overall score of 95 (walker’s paradise). It’s actually tied with Mount Vernon Square, which also scored a 95.
REAL ESTATE STATS
59 homes for sale; 57 are condos
0 bank-listed foreclosures
3 FSBO
Average price: $701,835
Median price: $569,000
Average days on market: 117
Below are the details on the Watergate condo that sits at the median price point. You can find more information about the Watergate in this post written by our DC blogger.
2700 Virginia Ave NW, #1004, 20037
Price: $569,000 (no reductions)
1 bd/1.5 ba; 1275 sq. ft.; $/ sq. ft: $446
Days on Redfin: 63
Highlights: Marble floors, city views; 24-hour desk; shopping mall on premises; use of rooftop terrace/outdoor pool. Monthly fee includes utilities (except phone), taxes, and administrative costs.
Walk score: 86 (very walkable)
Walk to: Cup’a Cup’a (0.2 mi); Safeway (0.12 mi); Michel Richard Citronelle (0.39 mi)
You can view the entire list of nearby attractions here.
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