Levittown
So we live in Levittown, the quintessential suburb, the prototype for the modern suburban community,
As I’ve mentioned before, Bill Levitt and his company, Levitt & Sons, built this humongous community known as Levittown, and which extended into Hicksville and Wantagh. The impetus for development was the housing shortage which occurred as former GI’s returned from WW II, married and started the Baby Boom.
Each neighborhood built by Levitt had winding streets with bucolic names, and included parks, shopping centers and public pools.
There were two model houses — the cape, which had 750 square feet of living space (kitchen, living room, two bedrooms and a bath) and the slightly larger ranch — same number of rooms but with a whopping 800 square feet of living space. Both models had a loft for future expansion. Some later models included a carport or a garage.
It's interesting how families managed to live in smaller houses than now and everything worked out. The houses on my block are all small, built in the early 1960s. I think three different models. It's three bedrooms, and open kitchen/dining/living area, so it doesn't feel small, but it's just 960 square feet. Bigger than the original Levitts, but when I mention it to people they wonder how I can do it! I miss a garage, if only for storage. And I'd rather my washer and dryer weren't in the bathroom.
ReplyDeleteWe have never heard of these houses, town, but we just looked into it and we have to say, it looks nice, real nice. Good Luck in your beautiful house and environment, Songbirdie🍀Double Pawkisses just for you🐾😽💞
ReplyDeleteSo, if you were to go into any house in the neighborhood, you'd know where the bathroom was without being told? There's something nice about a familiar floor plan all in the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteI hear the house size is coming down.
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