In the early 1950s urban renewal came to the area.
Families were forced to leave their homes, in the name of urban renewal.
This was a series of government programs, such as urban renewal, to help poor and working class people.
"Thanks to urban renewal, a lot of these places are gone," she said.
In 1986, he was mayor of health, urban renewal and social affairs.
But for more than 20 years, the forces of urban renewal have been at work.
Under his leadership, the city engaged in a major project of urban renewal.
In just one half decade from 1958 to 1963 nearly $30 million was spent on urban renewal.
The urban renewal of the old town changed the inner city.
It was torn down in the late 1960's before urban renewal.
