urban renewal

Example Sentences

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Lagos state officials say the demolition was necessary for safety and urban renewal reasons.

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

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