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2. List of Levitt & Sons Housing Developments on Long Island

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   During the 20th century, Long Island (and the US as a whole) saw a pattern of mass suburbanization. [1] Levitt and Sons – one of the most famous real estate firms of the 20th century – built many housing developments across Long Island (and the US, as a whole), including Levittown, New York – which is widely considered as being America's first mass-produced suburb, and also as the ...

3. Joseph Eichler - Wikipedia

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   Joseph Leopold Eichler was born on June 25, 1900, in New York City, and raised around Sutton Place, Manhattan, [2] where his father and mother ran a small toy store, and in The Bronx. [3][4] His father was Austrian and his mother was German, and he was raised traditional Jewish. [4] Eichler attended New York University (NYU) and earned a ...

4. Harbor Hill - Wikipedia

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   Harbor Hill was a large Long Island mansion built from 1899 to 1902 in the present-day Village of East Hills, New York, for telecommunications magnate Clarence Hungerford Mackay. It was designed by McKim, Mead & White , with Stanford White supervising the project – the largest private residence he ever designed; it was demolished in 1949.

5. What is Mid-Century Modern Style? Here's Everything You Need ...

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   At first glance, a mid-century modern home or building may seem fairly straightforward with its simple lines and low profile. Look closer, though, and you'll quickly see that this style has a way ...

6. Levittown, New York - Wikipedia

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   0955234. Website. www.levittown.li. Levittown is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York. It is a suburb of New York City, located halfway between the villages of Hempstead and Farmingdale. The CDP had a total population of 51,758 at the time of the 2020 census, making it ...

7. A-frame building - Wikipedia

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   A-frame buildings are an ancient form in Europe (e.g. cruck frame construction or grubenhaus), China, and the South Pacific islands. Sometimes called a roof hut, these were simple structures used for utilitarian purposes until the 1950s. [2] In 1934, R. M. Schindler built the first modern A-frame house, for owner Gisela Bennati, in Lake ...