Levittown
Mass-produced housing community
Levittown is any of several planned suburban communities built in the United States after World War II, most famously on Long Island, New York.
The name has become shorthand for postwar American suburbia—rows of nearly identical affordable houses marketed to returning veterans and their families.
The whole neighborhood looked like Levittown.
Made in large quantities
- budgetPlan for spending
- accessibleAble to be reached
- middle-classIntermediate socioeconomic group
- working-classManual laborers as group
low-cost · mortgage · homeownership · attainable · economical · modest · cost-effective
Portion of something larger
- cul-de-sacStreet closed at end
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- commuteRegular work travel
- lawnTended yard grass
carport · single-family · residential · sidewalks · driveway · backyard · garage · streetscape
Decade after WWII
- mass-productionLarge-scale standardized fabrication
- cookie-cutterMold for baked treats
- veteransFormer armed forces members
- suburbanizationGrowth of outlying residential areas
Refusing loans by neighborhood
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- blockbustingScaring homeowners into selling
- integrationCombining into a whole
- desegregationEnding enforced group separation
Legally possessing residential property
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- successFavorable outcome attained
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
mass-produced
Made in large quantities
- budgetPlan for spending
- accessibleAble to be reached
- middle-classIntermediate socioeconomic group
working-class · low-cost · mortgage · homeownership · attainable · economical · modest · cost-effective
subdivision
Portion of something larger
- cul-de-sacStreet closed at end
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- commuteRegular work travel
lawn · carport · single-family · residential · sidewalks · driveway · backyard · garage · streetscape · landscaping
1950s
Decade after WWII
- mass-productionLarge-scale standardized fabrication
- cookie-cutterMold for baked treats
- veteransFormer armed forces members
redlining
Refusing loans by neighborhood
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- blockbustingScaring homeowners into selling
- integrationCombining into a whole
homeownership
Legally possessing residential property
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- successFavorable outcome attained
- NYC SuburbsYonkers, Roslyn, Hoboken, Fort Lee, Montclair
- Pennsylvania TownsPittsburgh, Lancaster, Bethlehem, York, Altoona
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto Rico, Carolina, Old San Juan, Arecibo
- 1950sEisenhower, poodle skirt, Elvis Presley, Rosa Parks, baby boom
- suburbiasuburb, suburbs, suburbia, burbs, subdivision
LevittownManhattan
NYC's densest borough
downtown · urban core · inner city · city center · Greenwich Village
Levittownhistoric district
Protected area of significance
Georgetown · Beacon Hill · custom home · Charleston · Savannah
LevittownBeverly Hills
Affluent Southern California city
Palm Beach · Bel Air · Greenwich · country estate · gated community