DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Watergate complex (and HoJo):
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- WATERG_080907_02.JPG: DC -- Watergate complex (and HoJo)
This was the Howard Johnson Hotel where the Watergate conspirators tried to watch the status of their break-in. George Washington University eventually purchased the building.
- WATERG_080907_37.JPG: Howard Johnson's used by the Watergate burglars.
- WATERG_080907_43.JPG: Watergate
- WATERG_080907_50.JPG: Howard Johnson used by the Watergate burglars.
- Wikipedia Description: Watergate complex
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Watergate complex is a group of five buildings next to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. Covering a total of 10 acres (40,000 m2), the buildings include:
* Watergate West (2700 Virginia Avenue NW), cooperative apartments
* Watergate Hotel and Office Building (2600 Virginia Avenue NW), offices and a hotel at 2650 Virginia Avenue NW
* Watergate East (2500 Virginia Avenue NW), cooperative apartments
* Watergate South (700 New Hampshire Avenue NW), cooperative apartments
* Watergate Office Building (600 New Hampshire Avenue NW), offices
Built between 1963 and 1971, the Watergate is considered one of Washington's most desirable living spaces, popular with members of Congress and political appointees in the executive branch. The complex has been sold several times since the 1980s. In the 1990s, it was split up and its component buildings and parts of buildings were sold to various owners.
In 1972, the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, then located on the sixth floor of the Watergate Hotel and Office Building, was burglarized, documents were photographed, and telephones were wiretapped. The investigation into the burglary revealed that high officials in the Nixon administration had ordered the break-in and then tried to cover up their involvement. Additional crimes were also uncovered. The ensuing Watergate Scandal, named for the complex, led to Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974. The name "Watergate" and the suffix "-gate" have since become synonymous with political scandals in the United States and elsewhere.
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