urban renewal
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It officially inaugurated the continent's largest dam last year and extensive urban renewal projects are underway in Addis Ababa and other major cities.
From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026
When urban renewal bulldozed those communities, the benefits vanished.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Moses was racist, but several of his urban renewal peers, like Ed Logue in Boston or Elizabeth Wood in Chicago, had sincere progressive motives for tearing down and rebuilding cities.
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024
Downtown boosters promoted an urban renewal project that would have demolished most of the Market.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024
Greenberg, who already owned a similar number of houses in the section, was expanding his holdings to exploit the housing crunch caused by urban renewal.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
