On January 22nd, 1930, the building of the Empire State Building began. It was being built during the Great Depression and played a part of the Skyscraper Race. Just like all the other building in New York City it was going to be built with many floors. There was not a lot of space in New York so the couldn't build out so then they came up with the idea of building up. Many of the buildings had been built upward. Many of the workers who built the Empire State Building were immigrants, but due to the Great Depression normal people took the job too. The workers did not have proper tools, so they had to figure different ways to get the steel up to build the top. Over one year later on May 1, 1931,it was announced the tallest building in the world. It remained the tallest for over forty years. But one year after it had opened, there were multiple reports multiple times saying that there is a Martian that stands up on the observation deck. Everyone started to believe it. Especially on the day a man said he was greeted by something that looked like an alien. Some people still claim to see this so called Martian. No one knows if it is real, or if it was just the Great Depression's way of messing with your mind.
I really like the newspaper like layout it makes everything more immersive. However, I feel if this focused on more of the Martians landing than the actual history, instead a history lesson with some aliens at the end, this would have been much better.
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