urban renewal
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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
When urban renewal bulldozed those communities, the benefits vanished.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
All that began to unravel in the 1960s when urban renewal projects brought freeway construction that severed Chinatown from the rest of the city and forced mass displacement of residents.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2024
It certainly isn’t because stadium-building leads to urban renewal or a robust expansion of employment opportunities.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2024
Alongside the neat gray wharf sheds that lined the river and canal across the railroad tracks, Lew Pants huddled, a silent and smoky plea for urban renewal.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
