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A 12 page research paper on what is still the largest housing project ever assembled by a single builder. William Levitt and his brother answered the need for affordable housing after World War II by mass-producing houses on Long Island, N.Y. The first Levittown was followed by others and helped to fuel the growing post-WWII trend toward suburban living. The writer discusses the sociological, economical, and demographic consequences. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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provide the answer, the suburbs. The Levitt family and William Levitt, in particular, were instrumental in pushing America toward the biggest demographic shift of the twentieth century, the flight
to the suburbs by the white middle class. This had a tremendous impact on every aspect of American society. The story goes that Levitt, after the fall of his
financial empire, took a great deal of satisfaction in remembering that a boy in Levittown, Long Island used to finish his prayers with "and God bless Mommy and Daddy and
Mr. Levitt" (Boulton 62). For awhile on the American scene, the effect that Levitt had on the growth of American suburbs was indeed godlike. The houses Between 1930 and 1944,
an average of 337,000 homes were started each year (Life 85). In the fifteen year immediately following World War II, the average grew to 1.4 million (Life 85). The Levitt
family was ready to take full advantage of the situation. The Levitts followed the basic American success formula: sell the right product at the right time and the right place
(Boulton 62). The elder Levitt, Abraham, was a real estate lawyer in Brooklyn. Sons, William and Alfred, both went to New York University for a short time before
they began to buy land, and design and build homes on a modest scale. By trial and error, Alfred learned how to be an architect while William promoted sales and
represented the company (62). During World War II, the brothers gained experience with large-scale wartime contracts. After the war, they decided to apply the same principles of mass-production that had
created so many ships and airplanes during the war toward building houses. The results of their endeavors was Levittown, Long Island, located thirty miles east of New York City. Levittown
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