It was the only way to run the comprehensive redevelopment of a place ravaged by 15 years of warfare, in the eyes of its supporters; but its critics have accused the company of using harassment and intimidation to drive the original residents out.
A senior GP has expressed concerns that pressures caused by the £420m redevelopment of a Brighton hospital will lead to a deterioration in care.
Protests triggered by the redevelopment of an Istanbul park have escalated into five days of unrest in Istanbul, the capital Ankara, and other Turkish cities. Newsnight's Paul Mason was in Taksim Square in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday night when the police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to try to clear the protesters.
Many neighborhoods that were once blue-collar, middle, and lower class have been gentrifying, as many of the city's traditional business and industrial districts have experienced a renaissance driven by the redevelopment of the Embarcadero, including the neighborhoods South Beach and Mission Bay.
But a swathe of new apartments, led by the redevelopment of the former Dimmey's building, are bringing a new generation of diners to Richmond.
They maintain that, since their building does not imperil health or safety nor contribute to the making of a slum or a blighted area, it cannot be swept into a redevelopment plan by the mere dictum of the Planning Commission or the Commissioners.
Conceived by the city's transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, the plan is partly inspired by the redevelopment of downtown Copenhagen, many of whose medieval streets and plazas have been closed off to cars in the past decade.
Older Sichuan food aficionados often hanker after the flavours of their childhoods and the old mom-and-pop restaurants that have been swept away by the redevelopment of the city.
But Mr. Bloomberg said to reporters yesterday morning that any such effort should proceed slowly, and that people affected by the attack on Sept. 11 and by the redevelopment of the area south of Chambers Street should first have adequate opportunities to express their views about a memorial, transportation, buildings and other changes downtown.
Those from the college who died during World War II were commemorated by the redevelopment of the Norman Gallery area of the Castle in the 1950s.
