Piaget Building Examined By Feds: Links Between Iran, Skyscraper Suspected

UPDATE: Despite being known to some as the Piaget Building, luxury Swiss jeweler Piaget wrote in a statement that "the company does not own the building, nor has it maintained offices there in many years."

The Piaget Building, a skyscraper on 5th Avenue in New York, was one of five locations that federal prosecutors took steps to seize today due to suspicions of links with Iran.

The building is owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization called the Alavi Foundation, at the center of today's activity.

Building data-collector Emporis notes that the 36-story building was erected in 1978 for the Pahlavi Foundation (of the late Shah of Persia). It was built next to the 666 5th Avenue structure in Midtown and replaced the DePinna's department store.

Emporis describes the building further: "The facade is of light brown granite facing, with horizontal stripes of windows on the Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street side, extending also a bit over the corner to the 51st Street side and western facade."

The address of the Piaget Building is 650 Fifth Avenue.

The Google 3D Warehouse has a 3D model of the building that can be explored.

Comments

[skialethia]

Who's winning the one who planted the seeds of fear and h8 or the guy that helps them bloom?

[skialethia]

The terr0rists planted the seeds and America is nurturing them and helping them bloom.

The seeds: fear and h8

[peacekitten]

using the LEGAL system is how to win a w@r on an abstract noun.

in the battle of ideas, genuine justice always has the upper hand, and a better chance of succeeding.

it's what CIVILIZED people do to resolve their differences, not k i ll each other, and destroy countries and innocent lives.

[MrCreosote]

THIS is how you fight the war on terrror...

[skialethia]

The war on terr0r would be over if not for those who need it to control the rest of us in their quest for power and hegemony.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself...and those whose aim is to control us with it.

[magibrotherhood]

Bernie m.adoff supposedly sent billions out of the country to " some other country "....why is there no investigation of that ???

[IvyShoots]

Because THAT country's official slogan isn't "Death to America."

[MIVOTE]

I'm so glad to have an un-moderated site to express my views about this siezure.

1. Iran broke the law. Something that has been under investigation for more than 30 years.
2. This shows the Obama administration knows how to stir the pot and make the first move. He and his staff clearly understand the law, and clearly are not playing with Iran.
3. The tro//ies that come to HP on one day decribe our wonderful President as not having ba//s and dithering on Afghan. and today are afraid as a little kitty crossing a street that the government has seized property.
4. Whether it's a mo.s.que. or any other front that's under investigation it can be seized.

Now!

[cardineau]

Whatever law was broken or not broken will have to be proven in a court of law. Our governments record on truthfulness leaves a lot to be desired.

[Khirad]

I won't dispute that, but so does theirs.

[magibrotherhood]

agreed.

[peacekitten]

excellent post.