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Levittown, Pennsylvania, was the second "Levittown" built by William J. Levitt, who is often credited as the creator of the modern American suburb. [7] [8] [9] To speed up construction, Levitt & Sons perfected a 26-step rationalized building method that was essentially an assembly line type of home building. [10]
Middletown Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.The population was 46,040 at the 2020 census.Many sections of Levittown are located in the southern end of the township.
The FHA, upon authorizing loans for the construction of Levittown, included racial covenants in each deed, making each Levittown a segregated community. [ 5 ] The first black family to buy one of the houses, the Myers, who bought a second-hand house in Pennsylvania's Levittown in 1957, experienced attacks on their house, and up to 500 people ...
Some people might like to live over a hole in the ground, aka a "basement", but Levitt and Sons had a more innovative idea -- radiant floor heat.
Bill Plute visited Levittown, Pennsylvania for inspiration when homes in Concord Green weren't selling as quickly as he wanted. "Levittown was a miracle," Pulte said at the time, according to a ...
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