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Owners More At Ease With Once Ridiculed Homes
Levittown in Pennsylvania marks 25 years as a preplanned suburb once mocked for sameness. William J. Levitt built 17,311 homes on 5,560 acres, creating a model community with pools, schools, and a shopping center that helped reshape where Americans live. The founder notes the layout allowed individual adaptation while delivering affordable housing and social opportunities.
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William J. Levitt
Levittown, Pa
Bucks County
Dennis Eisenbrey
America
Pierre L’enfant
Washington, D.C
Levitt & Sons
Long Island
Levitt
Asia
Africa
Levittown
Lewis Mumford
International Housing Corp
Iran
Mumford
Herbert Gans
Center For Urban Education
New York
Gans