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Tract housing in Cincinnati, Ohio. The concept of tract housing is occasionally mocked in North American popular culture as the basis of suburbia; notable examples are the songs "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds, "Suburbia" by the Pet Shop Boys and "Subdivisions" by Rush.
The Crack in the Picture Window was one of several critiques of 1950s American suburbia published around this time, such as Auguste Spectorsky's The Exurbanites (1955) [5] and Richard Yates's fictional indictment of suburbia, Revolutionary Road (1961). [4]
Pages in category "1950s photographs" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Fort Worth Stock Show, 1930s to 1950s. Queen Elizabeth visits Texas in 1991. Fort Worth snowfalls, from 1880s to 1950s. Labor Day in Fort Worth over the decades. Sept. 11, 2001, in Fort Worth and ...
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 was the first truly mass-produced suburb and is widely regarded as the archetype for postwar suburbs throughout the country. [3] William Levitt , who assumed control of Levitt & Sons in 1954, is considered the father of modern suburbia in the United States.
Mainstream Criticism of suburbia dates back to the boom of suburban development in the 1950s and critiques a culture of aspirational homeownership. [1] With some academics critiquing 'modern suburbs' as early as the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [ 2 ]
The series "Desperate Housewives," which premiered in 2004, made suburban secrets and scandals its centerpiece, while the television series "Weeds," which came out in 2005, used "Little Boxes," a ...