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...While her photographs of New York street life helped shape a generation's impressions of the city, Helen Levitt, 95, was probably best known for shots of children from the '30s and '40s, whether they were wearing Halloween masks or watching bubbles float...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 4/7/2009 | See Source »

...matter of asking the right questions. When a second-grader at Longfellow Elementary School couldn't stay awake during reading time, his teacher gently asked him why. "He told her that the rats and roaches were keeping him up," says one of the school's social workers, Cheryl Flugaur-Levitt. "We discovered he'd been sleeping on a relative's floor, and he was scared to death about things crawling on him at night." So she went to work on getting him at least a mattress to sleep on until his family could find a more permanent home. (See pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Homeless Kids in School | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

...heading into the final pool in the sabre, but her 7-4 record was only good for fifth place in the final standings. However, with ten fencers advancing to NCAAs from the sabre field, Vloka should have no trouble qualifying for the national tournament.Junior Anna Podlosky and freshman Hayley Levitt also fenced for the Crimson, but were eliminated in the second round of foil and sabre competition, respectively.On the men’s side, an outstanding performance from junior Karl Harmenberg highlighted a solid team showing for No. 9 Harvard.Harmenberg, who was seeded eighth entering competition...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Performs Well at Regionals | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...Bill provided returning veterans with money for college, businesses and home mortgages. Suddenly, millions of servicemen were able to afford homes of their own for the first time. As a result, residential construction jumped from 114,000 new homes in 1944 to 1.7 million in 1950. In 1947, William Levitt turned 4,000 acres of Long Island, New York, potato farms into the then largest privately planned housing project in American history. With 30 houses built in assembly-line fashion every day - each with a tree in the front yard - the American subdivision was born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Middle Class | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...She’s making steady progress. I think she’s won the respect and admiration of all of her teammates.”Instead of having to deal with evil stepsisters, Kim has had the support of her sabre teammates, freshman Caroline Vloka and freshman Hayley Levitt. They offer advice with regards to fencing—advice that Kim views as integral to her success.“They motivate me, they help me, and they tell me that I can do it,” Kim said. “We all support each other...It?...

Author: By Melissa Schellberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: First-Time Fencer Kim Contributes to Ranked Squad | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

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