History of the Liberty Building:
By the late 1920's, cities across the U.S. were experiencing a boom in skyscraper construction. Cities and architects vied with each other to build the tallest, most attractive towers. Eager to bring the crown of "world's tallest building" to Titan City, in 1928, a group of businessmen commissioned prestigious architectural firm Alleyn & Sons to create a centerpiece for the city's burgeoning skyscraper district. The market crash of 1929 slowed construction and design efforts, but the group kept at it, pouring capital into the project (and incidentally softening the initial blow of the Great Depression in the city by employing hundreds of workers). In March 1931, the Liberty Building was finally completed. At 333 meters tall, it took the title of "world's tallest" from New York's Chrysler Building (1930, 319 meters tall), only to lose it mere weeks later to the Empire State Building (1931, 381 meters tall), a blow Titan City smarted over for many years.