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Opened in 1965 and located along the Potomac River in Washington, DC's Foggy Lower part area, the Watergate became one of the capital's chicest addresses, a hub for electricity broker agents and the epicenter of an scandal that helped bring down a chief executive. In The Watergate, copy writer and political expert Joseph Rodota skillfully paints a vibrant portrait of this historical landmark whose name is becoming an indelible area of the cultural zeitgeist. Rodota introduces us to the Watergate's movers and shakers, both famous and unidentified, who made the Beltway tick over five decades. Anna Chennault was known as the "Tiger Hostess" for the lavish dinners and cocktail parties in her penthouse, where her associate Tommy Corcoran, Washington's first "super lobbyist", enjoyed piano. The irrepressible Martha Mitchell, better half of Nixon Attorney at law General and advertising campaign administrator John Mitchell, captivated the country with a blast of outrageous interviews and calls from her Watergate duplex. The Watergate housed Nancy and Ronald Reagan's California posse in the 1980s. Supreme Judge Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg celebrated New Year's Eve at the Watergate with Antonin Scalia and their spouses. Secretary of Status Condoleezza Rice provided chamber music concerts in her Watergate living room. Longtime residents Elizabeth and Bob Dole lived nearby to Monica Lewinsky and her mother. The Washington Post once favorably likened the Watergate to the Titanic: a concrete-and-steel version the luxurious sea liner, ahead of its time. The Watergate is an engaging and eye-opening inside go through the passengers and team of this famous building.
