I wrote an article last Thursday on Monday Properties and its plan to tear down a pair of aging office buildings, including 1401 Wilson Blvd., to make way for nearly 1 million square feet of commercial and residential space. Forty years ago, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward met a source dubbed “Deep Throat” — later revealed to be FBI official Mark Felt — in the garage, which was chosen because it was considered an “anonymous secure location.” The information Felt passed on to Woodward helped expose the Watergate scandal, which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974.  Enlarge Arlington County officials erected this marker outside 1401 Wilson Blvd., the parking… more 
 
 In answer to many of your questions, yes, the Rosslyn parking garage where Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward secretly met FBI Associate Director Mark Felt, a.k.a. “It would be our hope that we preserve that plaque and incorporate it in our redevelopment.” 
 
 The marker will likely be removed and stored during the redevelopment, said Cynthia Liccese-Torres, Acting Historic Preservation Program Coordinator for Arlington County. "The garage is at the end of its useful life, and with the redevelopment the configuration of the garage itself is going to change," he said. At the same time, Helmig said he appreciates the history of the site and will try to come up with a way to honor it appropriately. “There’s not really a set timeframe,” Helmig said.
– A little bit of American history looks to be destined for the rubble heap. A developer in Rosslyn, Virginia, has submitted plans to tear down the parking garage where "Deep Throat"—aka FBI agent Mark Felt—told his secrets to Bob Woodward, reports the ArlNow blog. Unless preservationists make a strong case, the garage will be turned to dust in 2016 or 2017, reports the Washington Business Journal. A historical marker already marks the site that launched the Watergate scandal, and developer Monday Properties says it will make sure that some kind of marker adorns the eventual new office building. It's just that "the garage is at the end of its useful life," says one of its execs. For the record, it was parking spot 32D that led to Nixon's downfall.