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WILLIAM J. LEVITT, PIONEER OF POSTWAR SUBURBIA, DIES - …
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Jan 30, · "William Levitt was to suburbs {what} Henry Ford was to the auto," said Kenneth T. Jackson, author of "Crabgrass Frontier," a history of American suburbanization. "Neither one of them invented it.
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Developer William Levitt, of 'Levittown' fame, announced Tuesday...
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Developer William Levitt, of 'Levittown' fame, announced Tuesday he plans to build the largest housing development in U.S. history in Florida -- at least...
Suburban Legend WILLIAM LEVITT - TIME
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Dec 07, · On July 1, 1947, Levitt, then 40, broke ground on the first of what would be 17,000 homes. He could build fast because he had broken down the construction process into 27 operations, then mustered specialized teams to repeat each operation at each building site. Twenty acres were set aside as an assembly point, where cement was mixed and lumber ...
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