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Levitt & Sons was a real estate development company founded by Abraham Levitt〔(Levittown Historical Society )〕〔Alexander Garvin, American Cities: what works, what doesn't (The McGraw Hill Companies, 2002), 397.〕 and later managed by his son William Levitt. The company is most famous for having built Levittown, New York, USA.〔 The company's designs and building practices totally revolutionized the entire Home Building Industry and altered America's landscape with massive suburban communities. Levitt & Sons had a profound effect on America's post-WW2 economy, and William Levitt was named one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.〔 Historian Kenneth Jackson wrote of Levitt & Sons: "The family that had the greatest impact on postwar housing in the United States was Abraham Levitt and his sons, William and Alfred, who ultimately built more than 140,000 houses and turned a cottage industry into a major manufacturing process". ==Timeline with some notable Levitt communities== *1929: Levitt & Sons founded *1930s: upscale builder on Long Island *1947–1951: built Levittown, New York *1952–1958: built Levittown, Pennsylvania *1958: started development in Willingboro Township, New Jersey (originally and colloquially known as Levittown) *1957-1968: built Belair at Bowie in Bowie, Maryland (first sales in 1960; construction continued until 1978 although no longer owned by Levitt & Sons) *1961: started development in Aberdeen, New Jersey, (formerly Matawan Township) known as "Strathmore at Matawan"〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Levitt Communities )〕 *1963–c. 1965: built Levittown, Puerto Rico *1966: built a development in Somerset, New Jersey *1966–72: Greenbriar, Virginia〔 *1968: construction of the first European Levittown projects ("L'Orée de Lésigny" and "Le Parc de Lésigny" at Lésigny, Seine-et-Marne, France) *1967: sold to International Telephone and Telegraph and renamed as Levitt Corp.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 William Levitt )〕 *1969: started development in Palm Coast, Florida〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Levitt & Sons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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