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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, Puerto Rico, built in the 1960s, was a Levitt project. [23] In 1966, Levitt & Sons built a development in Somerset, New Jersey, and in 1966–72, it built another development in Greenbriar, Virginia. [21] In 1967, the company developed Montpelier, Maryland, near Laurel. [citation needed]} Levitt & Sons also built internationally.
Levittown, New York: Levitt and Sons: 1947 8 Southwest Washington, DC: Louis Justement and Chloethiel Smith: 1952 9 Seaside, Florida: Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co: 1981 10 Pearl District, Portland, Oregon: Portland Planning Commission and Jane Jacobs: 1997
Levittown: the Way We Were. Huntington: Maple Hill Press. ISBN 0-930545-18-4. OCLC 42383186. Ferrer, Margaret (1997). Levittown, the First 50 Years. Charleston: Arcadia. ISBN 0-7524-0465-2. OCLC 36910278. Kelly, Barbara Mae (1988). The Politics of House and Home: Implications in the Built Environment of Levittown Long Island. Thesis (Ph.D ...
A house in Levittown was listed for $700,000 last year. What did it really sell for? Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
During the 20th century, Long Island (and the US as a whole) saw a pattern of mass suburbanization. [1] Levitt and Sons – one of the most famous real estate firms of the 20th century – built many housing developments across Long Island (and the US, as a whole), including Levittown, New York – which is widely considered as being America's first mass-produced suburb, and also as the ...
Levittown, built for the working class, is now unaffordable for young, first time homebuyers. These 22 homes sold for over $500k in 'affordable' Levittown. One is getting nearly $700k
Twelve school districts in Bucks County recently split the cost of $272,630 to tear down a vacant, century-old research lab where biologists created the world-famous Wistar Rat for the University ...