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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Despite racial covenants, redlining, urban renewal, and blockbusting, the Brown family managed to purchase their first home in 1950.
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Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
So the city’s urban renewal authority bought the land, demolished the mall, built the streets and utilities, and sold off parcels to developers to start shaping its future downtown.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
Prior to the 1960s, the Brooklyn neighborhood was a flourishing Black community before it was destroyed in the name of urban renewal.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
The arts collective that explores relationships between art, community, architecture and public institutions researched Chicago’s history of urban renewal, which Schachman said destroyed and erased a lot of development in the past.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
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Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
So the city’s urban renewal authority bought the land, demolished the mall, built the streets and utilities, and sold off parcels to developers to start shaping its future downtown.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
Prior to the 1960s, the Brooklyn neighborhood was a flourishing Black community before it was destroyed in the name of urban renewal.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
The arts collective that explores relationships between art, community, architecture and public institutions researched Chicago’s history of urban renewal, which Schachman said destroyed and erased a lot of development in the past.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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