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Levittown, NY is a town built on top of dream...

ByLee Balzano

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<p style="font-size: 12px;color:#aaa;">版权引用:<a href="https://www.behance.net/gallery/161509/Levittown"><span style="font-size: 12px;color:black;">“     Levittown, NY is a town built on top of dreams and promises.  It was the world’s first mass produced community.  In 1947 Levittown opened 17,500 homes in reaction to the country’s housing shortage.  It seemed like a miracle for young GI’s returning home from WWII.  Each couple buying a house here was not only given keys to a new home, they were also given a promise of all of the splendors of the American Dream for their family.  It was to be the perfect town all Americans had been searching for.  TIME magazine featured William Levitt, the founder, on the cover with the caption, “For Sale: A New Way Of Life”.      I grew up in Levittown and never knew the history behind the town.  For me there was nothing special about it, nothing that made it different from almost every other town around it.  Upon learning about the history of Levittown, I wondered, how many of the town’s elders moved here in the 1940’s believing in all the post war propaganda surrounding the town?  How ......”</span> </a>由 <a href="https://www.behance.net/LeeBalzano"><span style="font-size: 12px;color:black;">Lee Balzano</span></a> 授权许可 <span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.zh" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12px;color:black;">Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International<img src="" style="display: inline-block;height: 16px;width: auto;"></a></span></p>
<p style="font-size: 12px;color:#aaa;">版权引用:<a href="https://www.behance.net/gallery/161509/Levittown"><span style="font-size: 12px;color:black;">“     Levittown, NY is a town built on top of dreams and promises.  It was the world’s first mass produced community.  In 1947 Levittown opened 17,500 homes in reaction to the country’s housing shortage.  It seemed like a miracle for young GI’s returning home from WWII.  Each couple buying a house here was not only given keys to a new home, they were also given a promise of all of the splendors of the American Dream for their family.  It was to be the perfect town all Americans had been searching for.  TIME magazine featured William Levitt, the founder, on the cover with the caption, “For Sale: A New Way Of Life”.      I grew up in Levittown and never knew the history behind the town.  For me there was nothing special about it, nothing that made it different from almost every other town around it.  Upon learning about the history of Levittown, I wondered, how many of the town’s elders moved here in the 1940’s believing in all the post war propaganda surrounding the town?  How ......”</span> </a>由 <a href="https://www.behance.net/LeeBalzano"><span style="font-size: 12px;color:black;">Lee Balzano</span></a> 授权许可 <span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.zh" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12px;color:black;">Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International<img src="" style="display: inline-block;height: 16px;width: auto;"></a></span></p>