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How Joseph Eichler Introduced Stylish Housing for the Masses
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:07:53
Publish Date: 2018-01-04 05:00:29
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Suburbia: The very word conjures up rows and rows of cookie-cutter houses, laid out on a vast, grim grid of blah. At the time they were built, after World War II, the nation was desperate for new housing. But some of those homes are considered architectural treasures today, especially if they were made by one particular Silicon Valley real estate developer — Joseph Eichler.

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