By the late 1980s Bigelow Homes was an established, profitable builder of entry - level homes. Perry Bigelow was thinking about the big picture. Inspired largely by the book, Habits of the Heart, Bigelow was concerned about America's over - emphasis on extreme individualism at the expense of committed, neighborly relationships. At the same time, a few architects and city planners was espousing a new way of designing residential neighborhoods, one that harkened to pre - World War II neighborhoods designed with narrower streets, wide sidewalks, plenty of public spaces and houses that welcomed neighbors more than television sets.

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