Levittowns



Levittowns:

Levittown was a mass-produced suburban housing development. It symbolizes post-World War II suburbanization. Levittown's are positioned right outside of the city boundaries to make it convenient but inexpensive. Levittown's got their name from the builder, Levitt and Sons. They were constructed between 1947 and 1951 on seven square miles of Nassau County, New York, about thirty miles east of Manhattan. These towns were build in response to the housing shortage before World War II.

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