This circular designed buidling complex is worth a drive-by given its fame (or infamy) during the Nixon administration. It is located next to the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and consists of an office building, a couple buildings of condos and a very shops. Besides its political history, it was considered a good example of modern architecture. Right now you... More

Even if its negative history. Not really a tourist stop but neat to see the complex, walk around a bit, imagine what everyone was thinking in the day. Next door to the JFK performing arts facility. More

OK, it's a big, ugly building where a famous burglary happened. That doesn't mean you should waste time looking at it. More

I visited the Watergte complex one evening when it was dark, which perhaps made it all the more interesting. Aside from its notoriety in Richard Nixon's downfall, it is an architecturally intersting complex in its own right. The office block where the break-in ocurred is a middle building down Virginia Ave slightly. The hotel in which Gordon Liddy observed the... More

This summer, I participated in a program at the Kennedy Center, and I could not believe my ears, when one of my cohorts suggested we buy our groceries at either the Safeway or the CVS in The Watergate next door. THE Watergate? Yes, the notorious icon. Aside from the historic and pop culture cache of the location, the architecture itself... More