What is the Empire State Building?

Welcome to History's Not Boring by Kidopoly.com! Join your hosts Mira and Finn as we travel back to the 1930s to explore the tallest, most famous skyscraper on Earth! Did you know the giant Empire State Building was built during the Great Depression in just 14 months? That is incredibly fast! To make this tower reach the clouds, it took 10 million bricks, 730 tonnes of mighty steel, and an army of 3,400 workers. But the real superheroes of the sky were the fearless Mohawk ironworkers! These brave builders walked on narrow steel beams 1,000 feet above New York City—with absolutely no safety ropes! Imagine balancing in the clouds like that! When the building finally opened in 1931, President Hoover magically turned on the bright lights all the way from Washington, D.C., just by pressing a button! It became so famous that a giant movie ape named King Kong even climbed it on the big screen! Get ready to look up, up, up and discover the sky-high secrets of this amazing building!