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‘Deep Throat’ garage set to be torn down
WASHINGTON — If walls could talk, some of Washington’s most inconspicuous buildings would have juicy tales of political history to share. But one — the Rosslyn, Va., parking garage where Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward met his Watergate source “Deep Throat” — may soon be history itself.
Real estate firm Monday Properties plans to tear down two office buildings in the suburb of Rosslyn, one of which houses the parking garage that played a part in taking down President Richard Nixon, according to the Washington Business Journal. Under the plan, submitted to Arlington County last week, the site would be redeveloped into 1 million square feet of residential and commercial space.
Monday Properties Executive Vice President Tim Helmig told the Washington Business Journal the garage “is at the end of its useful life.”
In 2011, Arlington County placed a historical marker outside the garage. Helmig has said thatMonday Properties will try to find a way to preserve the legacy of the secret meetings between Woodward and FBI Associate DirectorMark Felt.
“We obviously view the whole Watergate situation as a significant event in the history of our country,” he told local blog ARLnow. “It would be our hope that we preserve that plaque and incorporate it in our redevelopment.”
Those who want to visit the site where Felt leaked information about the WhiteHouse’s involvement in the Watergate break-in still can. Helmig told the Business Journal he does not expect construction to start until 2016 or 2017.