Webinar Wednesday: Does Levittown Matter?
Does Levittown Matter?
Does Levittown Matter? Join us for a webinar on our 3 local Levittowns, in PA, NJ and NY, to discuss their impact on American suburban development and their mixed legacy after 75 years. David C. Zipf, AICP, and Steven Nelson, AICP, will host the event, joined by NYU History Professor (and Levittown native) Edward Berenson. Dr. Berenson is the author of Perfect Communities: Levitt, Levittown, and the Dream of White Suburbia, published last March by Yale University Press. The session will cover Levittown’s history (including several riots), its positive and negative planning legacies, and its role as both a model for suburbia and a cautionary tale about car dependency, discrimination and racial intolerance. Levittown remains a living and evolving example of the American suburban landscape.
CM credit is pending approval. You must attend the webinar live in order to earn CM credit.
Speaker(s):
Steve Nelson
David Zipf
Edward Berenson
**The Pennsylvania Chapter is not responsible for the materials or opinions of the speaker(s) you will hear**
Deadline to register is February 3.
If you’re interested in sponsoring a Webinar Wednesday session or have a session for Webinar Wednesday please contact us. Send your request to admin@planningpa.org.
Please note: You will receive a reminder email a few days before the webinar with zoom information (please check your spam/junk folders). This email will be sent to the email address you used to register for the event.