Slide Title
Preview
Date
6-1-1970
Description
The Levittown Shop-a-Rama, was a pedestrian shopping mall, planned and developed by Levitt and Sons, a real estate development agency responsible for building the heterogeneous towns and communities of Levittown, New York and Levittown, Pennsylvania, as well as various other real estate and community projects. The shopping mall opened on October 15th, 1953, and was at that time the largest pedestrian shopping mall east of the Mississippi.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Dates
1953
Creator 2 Role
Developer
Building Type
Mall
Subject Headings
Suburbs -- Pennsylvania -- Levittown; Shopping centers -- Pennsylvania -- Levittown; Plazas -- Pennsylvania -- Levittown; Storefronts
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Pennsylvania
City Name
Levittown
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester and Levitt, William, "Levittown Shop-a-Rama" (1970). Smolski Images. 1054.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1054
Keywords
malls, suburbs, new town, new towns
Notes
Lacayo, Richard. "Suburban Legend William Levitt." Time Magazine, 7 Dec. 1998. Longsmith, Richard. "The Levitts, Mass-Produced Houses, and Community Planning in the Mid-twentieth Century." Culture Politics & the Built Environment: Second Suburb: Levittown, Pennsylvania, edited by Dianne Harris, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010.