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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Issues of urban renewal, the value of public art, the difficulty of being married to an obsessive artist and lots more run through Workman’s film.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
That was the goal of the CHA’s Plan for Transformation, an ambitious urban renewal project aimed at erasing the dire conditions of developments like Cabrini-Green and the Robert Taylor Homes in favor of a fresh new vision of public housing.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Wall text tells us that these jobs were part of the city’s vast urban renewal program that displaced Black residents; the doors were repurposed as walls around construction sites.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Later, this area was targeted by urban planning initiatives, including freeway construction and urban renewal in the 1950s and 1960s.
—Kendra D. Boyd, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
That was the goal of the CHA’s Plan for Transformation, an ambitious urban renewal project aimed at erasing the dire conditions of developments like Cabrini-Green and the Robert Taylor Homes in favor of a fresh new vision of public housing.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Wall text tells us that these jobs were part of the city’s vast urban renewal program that displaced Black residents; the doors were repurposed as walls around construction sites.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Later, this area was targeted by urban planning initiatives, including freeway construction and urban renewal in the 1950s and 1960s.
—Kendra D. Boyd, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 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 16 May. 2025.
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