The Watergate complex is across the city from  the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
 The meeting space, which was quite small by industry standards, was expanded to 17,000 square feet (1,600 m2), and the ballroom enlarged slightly to 7,000 square feet (650 m2)
 Although the Kennedy Center later adopted a rectangular shape for cost reasons, the Watergate complex's design did not change

