Sentence examples for town expansion from inspiring English sources

As established neighborhoods were meeting their capacity, young families' need for housing solutions was partially answered with town expansion projects and the planning of new neighborhoods.

Architecturally, Sisimiut is a mix of traditional, single-family houses, and communal housing, with apartment blocks raised in the 1960s during a period of town expansion in Greenland.

The Qeqqata municipality however is planning the town expansion in the 2010s, with the area north of the Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay reserved for real estate.

He is minded to recommend a new generation of "urban extensions", modelled on the postwar new-town expansion, insisting that while communities should have a say in planning, they cannot veto new homes in a time of severe shortage.

As Maricopa grew, a coalition of farmers and newcomers decided that they wanted to try to exert some control over the town's expansion.

Thomas J. Lueck (NYT) MANHATTAN: DISPUTED TOWN HOUSE EXPANSION The Landmarks Preservation Commission reached a mixed decision yesterday on a construction plan that has angered some residents of the Upper East Side, including Woody Allen, left, and Eli Zabar, the food merchant.

Factories were established in the town and expansion of the harbour began around 1810.

Under the French, tunnels were constructed through two of the city's largest hills, connecting disparate districts and facilitating the town's expansion.

The arrival of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's first passenger railway, led to the town's expansion along the route of the track linking those two cities; as of 2009 Salford City Council is bidding for the railway to be included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

New Town-era expansion produced a large residential area with a high proportion of terraced houses and a range of schools, places of worship and community facilities; but some historic buildings and areas of open space remain, including an award-winning park.

The town's rapid expansion resulted in a population of 500,000 inhabitants by 1913.