The day Plasko Tower collapsed


The media also got into the issue and wrote about not going through the legal steps for the construction of the new building and called the new Plasko “a symbol of discrimination and lawlessness.” However, the construction was completed little by little, and after the facade was shown, criticisms were made of the structure’s architecture, and its exterior became a joke among people. The first building The Plasco building was built by Habibollah Al-Qanian, a Jewish capitalist, the head of Capital’s Kilimian Association, and the owner of the Plasco company, one of the largest plastic industries in Homeland, and the name of the building was chosen from that. It was opened in 1341, and with a height of 42 meters, it was the tallest building in Capital at the time of its opening. In 1342, the Tehran Stock Exchange building, with a height of 68 meters, took the title of the tallest building in the capital from Plasko.