When Was Levittown Built?

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In 1947, William Levitt William Levitt William Jaird Levitt (February 11, 1907 – January 28, 1994) Was an American Real-Estate Developer and Housing Pioneer...

When Was Levittown Built?

In 1947, William Levitt

William Levitt
William Jaird Levitt (February 11, 1907 – January 28, 1994) was an American real-estate developer and housing pioneer. As president of Levitt & Sons, he is widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia. He was named one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century."
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of Levitt & Sons began building mass-produced, affordable housing for veterans returning from World War II. Island Trees, or Levittown as it later became known, is widely recognized as the first modern American suburb.

What was Levittown in the 1950s?

As a result of the GI Bill that guaranteed home loans, the post-war Baby Boom, and low housing prices, families in the 1950s started to move to the suburbs. Levittown in Long Island, New York, is widely recognized as the first modern American suburb. It had swimming pools, shopping centers, and backyards.

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When was Levittown built and why?

It Started With Levittown in 1947 : Nation's 1st Planned Community Transformed Suburbia. It was 1947. The GIs were home from World War II, and housing was in short supply. Many veterans and their young families were forced to live with relatives, often in cramped city apartments.

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