urban renewal
Example Sentences
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The city never went through the aggressive urban renewal that gutted so many American historic areas, and retains a large collection of restored Victorian homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Head of Lagos's urban renewal office Gbolahan Oki did not respond to AFP requests for comment but told journalists in December that residents had been warned.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
As one of the oldest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, it has shape-shifted over the last 140 years under the forces of urban renewal and gentrification, as well as the unjust wartime incarceration of its residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
Downtown boosters promoted an urban renewal project that would have demolished most of the Market.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
The influx of federal urban renewal money was supposed to be a coup for Durham’s poor.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
