In 1938, the area suffered an earthquake, causing the destruction of many homes and buildings.
The aliens may have used this also to avoid unnecessary destruction of buildings in cities such as London.
The building was almost torn down in the late 1970's, before protests began to be heard over the destruction of historic buildings.
Clinton has found suitable sites in the community for a shelter that would not require destruction of existing buildings.
However, there was at that time also growing resistance to the destruction of old buildings.
Significant concern was raised during the 1960s, with developers threatening the destruction of historical buildings, especially in Sydney.
The film ended showing the destruction of buildings from bombings in Baghdad.
One group protests the destruction of historic buildings in Moscow.
That interpretation resulted in the destruction of priceless buildings, he said.
Additional destruction of other historic buildings in the downtown followed.