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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Speakers reflected on all that was lost in 1921 and again during the period of urban renewal when, in the late 1960s and early ’70s, the community was torn apart for a second time by I-244, the highway that runs through Greenwood today.
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Nicholas Lalla, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025
Learn about the effects of Miami's urban renewal on the city's Black communities.
—Sommer Brugal, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
According to Toby Norton, a project manager for the city’s urban renewal agency, the Capital City Development Corp. or CCDC, the park would celebrate that history and the multicultural history of the city and the Basque block.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 14 Jan. 2025
They were pushed out of their historic neighborhoods by urban renewal, gentrification and the increasing cost of living.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Nicholas Lalla, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025
Learn about the effects of Miami's urban renewal on the city's Black communities.
—Sommer Brugal, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
According to Toby Norton, a project manager for the city’s urban renewal agency, the Capital City Development Corp. or CCDC, the park would celebrate that history and the multicultural history of the city and the Basque block.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 14 Jan. 2025
They were pushed out of their historic neighborhoods by urban renewal, gentrification and the increasing cost of living.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for urban renewal
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“Urban renewal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20renewal. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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