Foggy bottom
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 Foggy Bottom, borough of Washington, DC |
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| State : | United States | ||
| Federal District : | District of Columbia | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 54 ′ N , 77 ° 3 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 14,642 (as of:) | ||
| GNIS ID : | 531506 | ||
Building in Foggy Bottom, in front right the Watergate building complex
Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood in Washington, DC. The name was chosen because of the foggy valley that was primarily created by the factories that were previously located there. Moreover, the name is a nickname for the nearby Harry S Truman Building housed United States Department of State .
Other important institutions such as the International Monetary Fund ( IMF), George Washington University and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts are also located in Foggy Bottom .
Another well-known building is the Watergate building complex , after which the Watergate affair is named, which led to the resignation of then US President Richard Nixon in 1974 .
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- ↑ Foggy Bottom as a nickname for the US State Department . The American Heritage Dictionary. Retrieved April 10, 2017.