Editing Watergate complex (section)

===Watergate II===
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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Edwards |first=Paul G. |title=8-Acre High Rise Site Eyed |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 22, 1970}}</ref> Although the project initially received support from Alexandria city officials and business people, residents of the city's [[List of neighborhoods in Alexandria, Virginia#Old Town|Old Town]] strongly objected.<ref>{{cite news |last=Edwards |first=Paul G. |title=Alexandria Likes Idea of Watergate |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 23, 1970}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Edwards |first=Paul G. |title=Waterfront Plan Backed In Alexandria |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 10, 1971}}</ref><ref name="Swap">{{cite news |last=Omang |first=Joanne |title=Alexandria Land Swap Is Proposed |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 21, 1973}}</ref> The project stalled for two years due to protests from residents and a land dispute regarding title to the waterfront land on which the project was to be sited.<ref name="Swap" /><ref name="WillmanSecurity">{{cite news |last=Willman |first=John B. |title=Security to Be Tight At Watergate Landmark |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 8, 1973}}</ref>

The Watergate II project was eventually abandoned in favor of a much larger complex near [[Landmark Mall]] in Alexandria (a site nowhere near water).<ref name="WillmanSecurity" />