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Frenchmen created and built the Statue of Liberty. Other Frenchmen designed the city of Washington and part of New Orleans. And what have American architects and builders given to France? Answer: Levittown...
Since the mid-1960s, clusters of split-level houses have risen around Paris, looking much like suburban U.S. housing developments. Many have been built by two U.S. companies, Levitt & Sons and Kaufman & Broad. Now an heir of a famous French family is imitating the Levittown builders with great success. He is Maxime Breguet, 29, son of the founder of Breguet Aviation, which built, among many other planes, the Breguet 14 flown by the Lafayette escadrille in World...
...Levittown...
...Island's North Shore town of Locust Valley, which has expensive homes and relatively few of them, taxes itself at a rate of $22.70 per $1,000 of its property's market value. That raises enough money to provide $1,722 for each child. Ten miles away, Levittown's blue-collar citizens pay school taxes of $35.60 per $1,000, but because Levittown is more densely populated and its property values are lower, these taxes generate only $955 per child. The gap can become even greater when a prosperous community attracts some industry that adds revenue without...
...Levittown...