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

New Haven was a good place to study urban history: Its midcentury leaders strived to make it a “model city,” and deployed more per capita urban renewal money than in any city in the country.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2025

Downtown boosters promoted an urban renewal project that would have demolished most of the Market.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Entire neighborhoods disappeared into the insatiable maw of urban renewal, displacing residents into an already tight housing market.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson