Philadelphia's Levittown Shop-A-Rama
Photo from https://digitalcommons.ric.edu / Rhode Island College James P. Adams Library Digital Commons / Chester Smolski
At the center of the center was a Pottstown-based Pomeroy's. The original store included the Bucks County Room restaurant and a public auditorium. During its 45-year commercial life, the store would operate under two other nameplates; Ports Of The World and Boscov's.
The Levittowner was the first of six different models of homes that would be built at the Pennsylvania development. Next would come The Rancher, The Jubilee, The Pennsylvanian, The Colonial and The Country Clubber. In 1952, the prospective home owner could buy their new Levittowner for $10,990...or $67 per month.
