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Levittown, New York, is an unincorporated area in Nassau County, New York. It can be defined in three overlapping but non-conforming ways. [ 25 ] The most common use is Levittown as defined by the United States Postal Service 's Zip Code 11756.
Levittown is the name of several large suburban housing developments created in the United States (including one in Puerto Rico) by William J. Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons. Built after World War II for returning white veterans and their new families, the communities offered attractive alternatives to cramped central city locations and ...
Levittown, NY: Towns of Hempstead & Oyster Bay: 1946–1951 This Levitt development is known for being the first large-scale, suburban planned community in the USA. [4] Roslyn Country Club Roslyn Heights: 1946–1947 Strathmore at Roslyn East Hills: 1947–1948 Development description, houses, and brochure (1947) The exhibit home's address was ...
On July 1, 1947, Levitt & Sons broke ground on the $50 million ($682 million today) development of Levittown, which ultimately included 17,000 homes on 7.3 square miles of land. Alfred created the mass production techniques and designed the homes and the layout of the development, with its curving streets.
The Photo League was the subject of a 2012 documentary film: Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League's New York by Daniel Allentuck and Nina Rosenblum. The film traces the rise and demise of the Photo League between 1936 and 1951, and includes interviews with surviving members and a soundtrack including Woody Guthrie , the Andrews Sisters , and the ...
Photos capture the devastation following an explosion and fire at a home in the Snowball Gate section of Middletown on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. A Go-Fund-Me campaign is being set up for the family
By the late 1960s, Levitt had become one of the richest men in America, with a fortune estimated in excess of $100 million (~$1 billion in 2024). He lived in a lavish 30-room mansion on his "La Coline" estate in Mill Neck, New York, and spent much of his time on La Belle Simone, his 237 feet (72 m) yacht named after his third wife. [12]
The community has come to the aid of a Levittown family who lost their home in a devastating fire on New Year's Eve. A GoFundMe campaign is nearing its stated goal of $18,000, but the damage from ...