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...blueprint for the postwar American way of life was written in the culs-de-sac of new developments like Levittown, N.Y., the Long Island community that calls itself the country's first suburb. Beginning in 1947, developer Bill Levitt's armies of builders churned out house after house, transforming a bare potato field into a centrally planned town that today is home to 53,000 people. Low-cost and low-interest loans enabled the working class to flee dense cities for the new suburbs, while cheap cars and cheaper gasoline supported their long commutes to urban workplaces. Three-bedroom houses...
...were pictures of promise. The images of Cho Seung-Hui were disturbing and indicative of the evil in the world. But the faces staring at me from your cover, while heartbreaking, were reminders of the love and promise that abound. Thank you for showing them to us. Christopher Yodice, Levittown, New York...
...were pictures of promise. The images of Cho Seung-Hui were disturbing and indicative of the evil in the world. But the faces staring at me from your cover, while heartbreaking, were reminders of the love and promise that abound. Thank you for showing them to us. Christopher Yodice, LEVITTOWN, NEW YORK...
Christopher Yodice LEVITTOWN...
Kilcommons' love of dogs began as a child growing up in Levittown, N.Y. In his memoir Tails from the Bark Side, he recounts how his beloved mutt Irish served as an emotional buffer from the abuse he says he suffered at the hands of his father, a construction worker: "During a time when my life was full of stress, terror, and unpredictable cruelty, he [Irish] offered a harbor of love and sanity that I drew on daily." Originally planning to be a veterinarian, he dropped out of Iowa State University's pre-vet program when he could no longer afford...