Museum of Modern Art of Latin America
Historical marker location:
201 18th Street Northwest, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia
( Marker can be reached from 18th Street Northwest north of Virginia Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1976
[The Art Museum of the Americas
of the Organization of American States]
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The city was built on a swamp: The area that is now Washington, D.C. was originally a swampy, marshy region along the Potomac River. The construction of the city involved extensive drainage and landfill projects to make the land suitable for building.