In September of 1974, when I was seven years old, I met William J. Levitt in person, he said "Young man, you will have the time of your natural life living in Levittown, New York, the best place to live!" He was correct, I had a super excellent boyhood living there from January 3, 1974 thru July 3, 1984, god bless Levittown, New York and god bless William J. Levitt, R.I.P. William J. Levitt!!!
In the end, levitt died broke and bankrupt! I'm going to say this and I don't care what anyone has to say. I believe God punished him for his racist deeds on the houses! Ya know.... discrimination hurts. God don't like ugly and people will be punished for their bad behavior.
1. He is the second greatest man of America after Ford. Because of suburbia US is the economic superpower now. 2. The segregation was not the rules that Levitt established. It was for the mortgage, rules imposed by government. He had no choice but to follow.
@@dakidokino yeah. The ones who protested did nothing, while Levitt built towns for working class. Look at present US, show me any "Levitt" who builds detached homes for the working class, or maybe they are protesting?! 🤔
Car centric suburbia is awful in so many ways and where is the evidence that suburbia caused America to become an economic superpower and Ford was certainly not the greatest man in American history for the same reasons about car centric development. He was also so outwardly racist and enforced brazenly racist housing policies
@@grassytramtracks because i am russian living in america. the main difference between us and russia is the suburbanization. And the current war in ukraine is the result of non car centric development.
Levittown (on LI) contained a clause in the lease for rental properties: “The tenant agrees not to permit the premises to be used or occupied by any person other than members of the Caucasian race.” (p. 230) The Committee to End Discrimination in Levittown, including some residents, polled and claimed 61% of residents favored admitting blacks. “William Levitt refused to renew the leases of two families, one who had violated the racial policy by hosting an interracial play group, and the other for simply being sympathetic neighbors.” One of the families to be evicted, the Adolph Ross family, “vowed to stay until ‘the Levitts sign their first lease with a Negro family.'” On 2/19/1952, 400 supporters gathered at the Ross home to await the eviction, “and Levitt finally backed down.” (p. 231) A black, William Cotter, and his family, managed to gain occupancy in 1952 but Levitt evicted them a year later. A white homeowner later sold him a Levittown home.
One of the finest builders there ever was!
We need a Levittown reboom today!
😊AMERICA HAS SEEN IT'S BEST DAYS...IT'S COMING TO AN END...OUT WITH THE OLD/IN WITH THE NEW,
In September of 1974, when I was seven years old, I met William J. Levitt in person, he said "Young man, you will have the time of your natural life living in Levittown, New York, the best place to live!" He was correct, I had a super excellent boyhood living there from January 3, 1974 thru July 3, 1984, god bless Levittown, New York and god bless William J. Levitt, R.I.P. William J. Levitt!!!
You must be White Man to have had such a great interaction with that guy
Much respect!
In the end, levitt died broke and bankrupt! I'm going to say this and I don't care what anyone has to say. I believe God punished him for his racist deeds on the houses! Ya know.... discrimination hurts. God don't like ugly and people will be punished for their bad behavior.
Well done!
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1. He is the second greatest man of America after Ford. Because of suburbia US is the economic superpower now. 2. The segregation was not the rules that Levitt established. It was for the mortgage, rules imposed by government. He had no choice but to follow.
@@dakidokino yeah. The ones who protested did nothing, while Levitt built towns for working class. Look at present US, show me any "Levitt" who builds detached homes for the working class, or maybe they are protesting?! 🤔
@@dakidokino I let others decide who has cognitive dissonance 😂
Car centric suburbia is awful in so many ways and where is the evidence that suburbia caused America to become an economic superpower and Ford was certainly not the greatest man in American history for the same reasons about car centric development. He was also so outwardly racist and enforced brazenly racist housing policies
@@grassytramtracks because i am russian living in america. the main difference between us and russia is the suburbanization. And the current war in ukraine is the result of non car centric development.
Levittown (on LI) contained a clause in the lease for rental properties: “The tenant agrees not to permit the premises to be used or occupied by any person other than members of the Caucasian race.” (p. 230) The Committee to End Discrimination in Levittown, including some residents, polled and claimed 61% of residents favored admitting blacks. “William Levitt refused to renew the leases of two families, one who had violated the racial policy by hosting an interracial play group, and the other for simply being sympathetic neighbors.” One of the families to be evicted, the Adolph Ross family, “vowed to stay until ‘the Levitts sign their first lease with a Negro family.'” On 2/19/1952, 400 supporters gathered at the Ross home to await the eviction, “and Levitt finally backed down.” (p. 231) A black, William Cotter, and his family, managed to gain occupancy in 1952 but Levitt evicted them a year later. A white homeowner later sold him a Levittown home.