urban renewal

Example Sentences

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But many residents already displaced as part of Hanoi's urban renewal drive complain they were paid below-market rates for their homes.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

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

By the 1950s, the nation was entering an era of urban renewal and slum clearance subsidized by the federal government.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

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