For users of the Foggy Bottom Metro station, yesterday was a big day -- after months of commuter backups and having to climb immobilized escalators, the station's third escalator was re-opened after a full replacement. more ›

Well known for its inexpensive pitchers of beer and a very amphibian interior, the Froggy Bottom Pub will be displaced next year. more ›

A neighborhood's name is part of its identity. Adoption of it, or aversion to it, can say a lot about where a place is going -- and where it came from. Today, we’ll look at the genesis of "Foggy Bottom." more ›

The Safeway grocery at the Watergate complex -- often referred to as the Senior Safeway due to its appeal to older residents who live in the complex -- will close on December 3, reports the Post's Jonathan O'Connell. more ›

A violent Halloween night in the District was not limited to the shooting of at least six people around the city, as a large brawl outside and inside the Foggy Bottom Metro station involved pepper spray being dispensed and led police to draw weapons. more ›

Trouble on the escalators at the Foggy Bottom Metro station is a common and reliable source of rider frustration. And, for as long as I can remember, people have been pining for somebody to take a stand and make the rules of escalator etiquette totally clear to others. more ›

We learned last year that Foggy Bottom would be the home of the fourth Whole Foods Market in the District proper, but news comes today that the grocery will officially open next month. more ›

You'll have to forgive some Metro riders for their jumpiness when they read that the escalators at Foggy Bottom were having some trouble this afternoon -- after all, even though the transit agency just unveiled a brand new moving stairway a little more than a week ago, the station's escalators have been the scene of a few incredibly disruptive incidents over the past year or so. But not to fret, Metro riders -- spokesperson Dan Stessel tells DCist that today's disruption was simply a safety precaution. more ›

Here's a piece of news that should come as a relief to anyone who spent their Tuesday morning stuck within a huge backup inside the Foggy Bottom Metro station -- the first "next generation" escalator at the station is scheduled to go into service on Monday, July 11, with work on the second one beginning immediately thereafter. more ›

We can all have a Peep-based laugh or two about the scary Foggy Bottom escalator collapse, since no one was seriously injured. But what precisely caused the escalators to fail on February 18? more ›

A pair of DCist readers have been kind enough to let us know what they saw during this morning's incident at the Foggy Bottom Metro station, where an escalator violently collapsed, creating a gaping hole at its base. more ›

Reports from various media outlets and Twitter this morning indicate that one of the escalators at the entrance to the Foggy Bottom Metro station broke severely at its base. One witness to the incident told Unsuck DC Metro that the "bottom two or three steps of the escalator literally collapsed" and two or three people "fell through...a gaping hole at the bottom of the stairs." Fortunately, we have yet to hear any reports of serious injuries caused by the collapse, but the situation has created quite the bottleneck of people attempting to exit the station. more ›

In case you missed it: Metro will completely close access to the Foggy Bottom Metro station over the upcoming three-day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday weekend, creating a segmented Orange and Blue Line. The closure will go into effect at 10 p.m. on Friday, January 14 and end at 5 p.m. on Monday, January 18. The closure is in effect so that WMATA can undertake significant maintenance work recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board, including the replacement of four track switches, escalator and elevator repairs and the installation of cellular reception infrastructure. It's the first of several similar station closures which WMATA will conduct this year. more ›

What a terrible morning for Blue and Orange Line riders: service on both lines between Foggy Bottom and Federal Triangle was shut down due to a switch malfunction for about 20 minutes this morning. The two lines were split into two sections, though we're now told that the split is no longer in effect and trains are running on a normal schedule. Meanwhile, DCist reader Emily St. Martin sent in this image of the small fire which broke out at Metro Center this morning -- there was some confusion about whether the station was closed or open, but the issue involving the fire appears to be cleared up, too. (For what it's worth, Metro called both of those delays "dire.") more ›

Morning Washington - how'd you enjoy that extra hour? Wouldn't everyone love a 25-hour-day every day? And if you forgot - yes turn back your clocks an hour. more ›

A broken twelve-inch water main on Pennsylvania Avenue NW could affect traffic and water service in the Foggy Bottom/West End area until 7 p.m. this evening, based on the latest estimates from D.C. Water. Circulator buses are currently detouring around the area. Currently, one building -- 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, a commercial property -- has no water service. Other buildings in that area may be experiencing low water pressure. D.C. Water crews are currently excavating the area and are not sure what kind of a break it is or what caused the main to burst. "We don't know if its a split or a break," said D.C. Water spokesperson Pamela Mooring. "There are going to be some road repairs needed," she added. Mooring said that the repair estimate will be updated as crews figure out exactly what kind of damage was done to the main this afternoon.
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UPDATE: Based on Twitter reports, escalators at Foggy Bottom have reopened, but a heavy police presence remains. The scene is likely to remain messy for a bit. If you can get on the Orange and Blue lines at Farragut West, that will likely be a smoother experience. more ›

According to Bisnow, Whole Foods has signed a lease to open up a 38,000-square-foot location inside the huge new development at 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, across the street from the George Washington University Hospital. Boston Properties, the owner of the building, had been hush-hush about which grocer would be taking the space, but hey, now you've got one more place to pig out on olives. more ›

Two different suspicious package investigations shut down several downtown streets and the Foggy Bottom Metro station today. The first, inside a bank in the 800 block of Pennsylvania Ave., was called in just after 11 a.m. and forced the partial closure of 9th, Pennsylvania and D Street in the area. That package has already been cleared. The second incident is an unclaimed suitcase in the Foggy Bottom Metro station, and police have since shut down the station itself, along with 23rd Street from G to I Streets and I Street from 21-23rd Streets NW. The Metro station remained closed as of about 3 p.m. UPDATE 3:56 p.m.: Foggy Bottom Metro and all related streets have been reopened.
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Breaking right now from the Washington Times: Former Vice President Dick Cheney is at The George Washington University Hospital this morning to undergo elective surgery on his spine. Cheney visited GWU Hospital something like 643 times over the course of the Bush administration, typically taking his massive motorcade along for the ride, the Secret Service keen on shutting down nearby streets. But now that he's no longer in office, we're curious to hear from Foggy Bottom denizens about whether any security presence is even noticeable around the hospital today. Can you tell Cheney is in the house? more ›

Count yourselves lucky if you don't come into the city via the Orange or Blue lines through Rosslyn. Metro is reporting a train experiencing mechanical difficulties outside the Foggy Bottom station, causing Orange and Blue line trains to share the same track all the way between Clarendon and Farragut West. We're being told to expect delays in both directions as of 8:19 a.m., which, given the usual congestion in that area at this time of the morning, we can imagine will be pretty craptastic. Good luck out there, commuters. more ›

Twice this week, all the escalators at the Foggy Bottom Metro station have been inoperative, including yesterday during evening rush hour. Flickr user brownpau submitted this video to the DCist Video pool from the debacle on Monday, which resulted lines going on for blocks. Was it more of the same last night, Foggy Bottom travelers? more ›

Anyone going to the Kennedy Center, the Watergate, George Washington University, or any other Foggy Bottom attraction should be sure to take a path down K Street, between 24th and 26th Streets NW. more ›

Good morning, Washington. We hope not too many of you were making your way into the city from Montgomery County this morning, as two separate water main breaks forced road closures in Takoma Park and kids to get the day off from school in Germantown. We'll admit it -- we're pretty envious of the students at Fox Chapel Elementary School, who get to spend the day doing whatever they please while we had to show up and actually do work. Isn't it supposed to be Christmas break already? more ›

Well, maybe this year it won't be snowing? D.C. residents' holiday rituals can include everything from frenetic Black Friday shopping to a trip to the White House Christmas tree. But for some of us with a high tolerance for cold, the traditions include standing in line for hours to get free tickets to the Kennedy Center's Messiah Sing-Along. As we told you last year, much like those folks who lined up the night before to... more ›

It's starting to be winter, finally, after a long Indian summer of warm days and little rainfall. But lately it's been chillier and drizzlier and crummier outside. Most people prefer the sun; they don't have to wear big jackets or get soggy, and D.C. cold always seems to bite. That doesn't bother some folks. But they're probably looking at you because you're wearing Uggs. Quote of the Week At the Foggy Bottom Metro station: Girl... more ›

>> Both the White House Christmas Tree and the Capitol Christmas Tree arrived in Washington today. >> D.C. fire officials are warning people not to overload electrical circuits in their homes this holiday season in the wake of a fatal garage fire over the weekend. [WTOP] >> Vice President Dick Cheney experienced an irregular heartbeat Monday and will be heading to George Washington University Hospital to have it checked out -- in case you... more ›