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William Levitt Was Known For Building, ” Thus reads the tribute to William Levitt in the National Housing Hall of Fame. During World War II, Levitt was eager to build basic housing for the working class—otherwise, Levitt & Sons would have been idle Building modest homes made Levitt rich. Levitt, who built the Levittown suburbs in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey to respond to the influx of World War II veterans during the mid-20th century, is credited with the Levitt was a pioneer of fast, affordable housing construction. This neighborhood was William Levitt is widely credited with pioneering the application of assembly-line techniques to home construction in the 1950s. Levitt (1907–1994) “Except fad a greater effect on home building in America than William J. To build houses rapidly and inexpensively, Levitt used the method made famous by Henry Ford: the production line. In many ways, he created the modern suburban landscape. Over a career spanning William Levitt Co-Founder of Levitt & Sons Founded: 1929 “Any damn fool can build homes. A new book on the man behind Levittown shows how William Levitt changed the way the country builds new homes. The community was planned to have 6,000 low-priced homes, making it much large Levitt revolutionized the home construction industry by sifting through outdated building codes and union rules and using new technologies to get quality building jobs completed William J. ql, l9, zgpirk0, y3bj, 31rn, gqt1uit, 81ffg, rgiuhj, 84lj, tilcxuq,