The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 14th, 2002
Levittown, where suburbia began
Uniform community for vets paved way for middle class
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press
Sunday, July 14, 2002
Levittown, Pa. -- Two weeks before Christmas in 1951, a New York builder invited prospective buyers to view new model homes amid the spinach and corn fields of rural Bucks County, Pa. More than 30,000 people turned out, and 200 bought houses that weekend.
Bertie Stewart, 74, and her late husband, Bill, were among the young families who set up housekeeping on the dirt roads of Levittown, a planned community that offered former soldiers and newlywed...
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