The exterior of a Peet’s Coffee on 17th and Pennsylvania Streets in Northwestern DC on September 26, 2021 gets a 1970s remake for the set of “White House Plumbers.” Photo courtesy of Brian Noyes.
Many people walking near the White House on Friday noticed an incongruous sign at 17th and Penn: “President Nixon’s Campaign HQ.”
It turns out that HBO Plumbers of the White House docuseries – which follows the story of Nixon’s pals behind Watergate – is filming in town and has turned part of DC around the Eisenhower Executive Office Building into a 1972 recreation. Here’s what some people saw at the in the last few days.
Meanwhile, catty corner of the@White HouseRichard Nixon is back in the campaign. (For a movie yo, and yes Pete’s is open.) pic.twitter.com/yfCfp5vQXc
– Patsy Widakuswara (@pwidakuswara) September 24, 2021
Classic cars around the 17th and Penn for the White House plumbers shoot pic.twitter.com/kLeCDDDDVE
– Joe Flood (@joeflood) September 26, 2021
Filming for the White House plumbers: pic.twitter.com/79qfNuox3v
– Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) September 27, 2021
Back in the 70s in DC this morning to @HBO series “Plumbers of the White House” pic.twitter.com/wrFEYjFrjR
– Alex Huie (@HuieAlex) September 26, 2021
Just spotted the filming of the new HBO Watergate drama miniseries “White House Plumbers”, starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux, outside the Eisenhower Executive Office building! pic.twitter.com/1dkzalPjAc
– Zach Israel (@Zach__Israel) September 25, 2021
Walk along Pennsylvania Ave and 17th Street this afternoon and@ mowens1974entered a movie set,@HBOruns White House Plumbers, with Woody Harrelson, cool stuff! ??#white house plumbers #HBO pic.twitter.com/rfNK4rg2DU
– Ben Holden (@benholdenpxp) September 26, 2021
Electric scooters are to this HBO miniseries like Starbucks mugs were to Game of Thrones. pic.twitter.com/qydd1P9nBf
– Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) September 26, 2021
White House plumbers star Woody Harrelson arrives on set today in DC on 17th Street. #white house plumbers #movies
@WoodyHarrelson@HBO?? pic.twitter.com/DzyKxToxcp– Ben Holden (@benholdenpxp) September 26, 2021
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Jane is a Chicago transplant worker who now calls Cleveland Park her home. Before joining the Washingtonian, she wrote for the Smithsonian Magazine and the Chicago Sun-Times. She graduated from Northwestern University, where she studied journalism and opera.
