History
The Watergate complex is a six-building mixed-use development in Washington, D.C.'s Foggy Bottom, built from 1963 to 1971 on the former site of the Washington Gas Light Company's gas works. Developed by Società Generale Immobiliare and designed chiefly by Luigi Moretti, it was conceived as a self-contained "city within a city," with apartments, a hotel, offices, shops, restaurants, and ambitious landscaped grounds. Its sweeping curving design made it an early major American project to rely significantly on computers in architectural design. The complex became one of Washington's most desirable addresses, but its name gained worldwide significance after the 1972 break-in there led to the Watergate scandal and Richard Nixon's 1974 resignation.
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