The building firm, Levitt & Sons, headed by Abraham Levitt and his two sons, William and Alfred, built four planned communities called "Levittown", in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey (now Willingboro Township), and Puerto Rico; the Levittown in New York was the first.

Jul 31, 2020 · To better understand the roots of today’s debate, we can look to the history of Levittown, Long Island, America’s first suburb. Levittown in Nassau County is a rather quaint hamlet that was planned...

Levittown itself arguably embodied the best and worst of the postwar American story; it was a result of the entrepreneurship and ingenuity that has come to define the American spirit, but it also participated in the violent prejudice that has also been part of American history. The suburbs, of course, were not born in the 1950s.

Levittown, unincorporated residential community in Hempstead town (township), Nassau county, western Long Island, New York, U.S. Developed between 1946 and 1951 by the firm of Levitt and Sons, Inc., Levittown was an early example of a completely preplanned and mass-produced housing complex.

The Levittown History Collection preserves resources documenting the history and heritage of Levittown, N.Y. and surrounding areas. It is a resource for researchers, students, family historians, and others interested in our history.

Nov 19, 2017 · William Levitt built his first Levittown in N.Y., using what he called Henry Ford’s “Detroit assembly line” approach. Teams of specialized workers put up the town’s identical houses like they were working in a factory.

Levittown, NY - February 7, 2019 - During World War II, Abraham Levitt transformed Levittown – formerly a nondescript Long Island region consisting of mostly undeveloped flatlands – into a...

Jul 3, 2019 · In 1946 the Levitt company acquired 4,000 acres of potato fields in Hempstead and began to build not just the largest single development by a single builder but what would be the country's largest housing development ever.

This History Of Levittown And The American Dream article takes a look at the story of the great urban migration from the cities to the suburbs after WWII

Oct 4, 2007 · Levittown, Long Island, became the most famous American postwar suburban development. A household name, it was “Exhibit A” of suburbia. Say the name “Levittown,” and you’ve just opened the cover to an American postwar picture album.