Levittown
The brainchild of developer William J. Levitt, the first Levittown sprang to life in 1947 on 1,300 acres of potato fields on Long Island. When completed in 1951, it encompassed over 5,000 ac...
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Levittown
In 1946, developer William J. Levitt and his brother Alfred capitalized on the twin circumstances of enormous demand and unequaled opportunity of the post-World War II era by purchasing 1500...
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In 1951, 7-year-old Louise Cassano couldn't imagine a better life than the one here, where she rode her bicycle past rows of cookie-cutter houses, kids held backyard campouts in makeshift tents and...
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As of Sunday, April 8, 2007, at least 3,280 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes sev...
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8 a.m. The urban leadership conference takes place, in Shepard Hall at City College. Speakers include Dan Doctoroff, Colin Powell and Richard Parsons. 8:30 a.m. Members of the city’s School ...
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As of Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006, at least 2,983 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes ...
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Home on the Ranch by Elizabeth M. Johnson Rhonda Stangrover, 44, has fond memories of growing up in a 1956 ranch-style house on a large corner lot in Alamo, Calif. (pop. 15,626). As a kid, it...
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This Avon rep wears a hard hat and carries a pile of company catalogues to his day job on a construction site, encouraging the men to buy their ladies a little something.Perfume and lingerie are hi...
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You get a lot of strange reactions when you say you like Los Angeles in New York. A furrowed brow, sometimes a disapproving snort, usually followed by the inevitable comeback that San Francisco is ...
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You get a lot of strange reactions when you say you like Los Angeles in New York. A furrowed brow, sometimes a disapproving snort, usually followed by the inevitable comeback that San Francisco is ...
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The journey starts at the dock here, on Long Island, about an hour's drive east of Manhattan. And it all comes back to Point Lookout, too.The worn wooden dock is home to a fleet of three commercial...
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Levittown
Levittown
Pioneer baby boom community turns 60
