Watergate complex is a group of six buildings in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D C, in the United States.
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Watergate complex is a group of six buildings in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D C, in the United States.
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In 1972, the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, then located on the sixth floor of the Watergate complex Office Building, was burglarized; private campaign documents were photographed and telephones were wiretapped.
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Watergate complex area is bounded on the north by Virginia Avenue, on the east by New Hampshire Avenue, on the south by F Street, and on the west by the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway which is along the Potomac River.
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Name "Watergate complex" relates to numerous aspects of its physical and historical context.
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The Watergate complex was the first mixed-use development in the District of Columbia, and was intended to help define the area as a business and residential rather than industrial district.
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The Watergate complex was intended to be a "city within a city", and provide so many amenities that residents would not need to leave.
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In October 1963, the USCFA alleged that the height of the Watergate complex, as measured from the parkway in front of it, would exceed the agreed-upon height restrictions.
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The foundation and basement of the first building, the 110-foot Watergate complex East, were completed by September 1964, and the metal and concrete superstructure rose in October.
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In September 1964, the Watergate complex's developers signed a first-of-its-kind agreement under which the Washington Gas Light Co.
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The Watergate complex East was completed in May 1965, and a month later the first model apartment unit was opened to the public for viewing.
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Controversy arose over the construction of the Watergate Office Building, the complex's fifth and final structure.
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The general counsel for the Kennedy Center told the USCFA that the Watergate complex Town was planning a 170-foot building that would harm the aesthetics of the Kennedy Center and intrude on its park-like surroundings.
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The Watergate complex's attorneys responded that their building would stay within the agreed-upon 140-foot height.
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When models of the Watergate complex were unveiled in 1961, critics said the structure "would ruin the waterfront".
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In 1970, as the Watergate was nearing completion, SGI proposed building a "Watergate II" apartment, hotel, and office complex on the waterfront in Alexandria, Virginia, several miles down the Potomac River from the original Watergate.
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Entire Watergate complex was initially owned by Watergate Improvements, Inc, a division of SGI.
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The Watergate complex enjoyed a renaissance during the early 1980s and became known as the "White House West" due to the large number of Reagan administration officials living there.
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Watergate complex changed hands in the 1970s, and each building was sold off separately in the 1990s and 2000s .
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Watergate complex officials said the new rooftop bar will seat 350, and other internal structural changes will add nearly 100 guest rooms.
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Construction problems and leaks at Watergate West led the press to ridicule this building, like others in the complex, as the "Potomac Titanic".
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Britain's National Coal Board Pension Fund sold the Watergate complex Office Building to John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance in the early 1990s.
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