urban renewal
noun
: a construction program to replace or restore substandard buildings in an urban area
Examples of urban renewal in a Sentence
an area undergoing urban renewal
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Interstate highways and urban renewal projects tore through Black neighborhoods, displacing thousands of residents, hollowing out commercial districts and fraying community ties.
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Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Local leaders have long planned to redevelop and honor Brooklyn, which was a prosperous Black neighborhood in Uptown's Second Ward before being razed as part of urban renewal in the 1960s and '70s.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
After Truman's speech, Congress passed the Housing Act of 1949, which provided federal financing for urban renewal and increased the Federal Housing Administration's role in providing suburban mortgages, and the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, which created the interstate highway system.
—Sandy Hornick, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2011
The Micron expansion falls just outside a Capitol City Development Corp., the city’s urban renewal agency, district called Gateway East.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2024
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Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Local leaders have long planned to redevelop and honor Brooklyn, which was a prosperous Black neighborhood in Uptown's Second Ward before being razed as part of urban renewal in the 1960s and '70s.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
After Truman's speech, Congress passed the Housing Act of 1949, which provided federal financing for urban renewal and increased the Federal Housing Administration's role in providing suburban mortgages, and the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, which created the interstate highway system.
—Sandy Hornick, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2011
The Micron expansion falls just outside a Capitol City Development Corp., the city’s urban renewal agency, district called Gateway East.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2024
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“Urban renewal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20renewal. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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