Haussmannizev.
/ˈhaʊsmənʌɪz/ transitive. To open out, widen, and straighten streets, and generally rebuild, after the fashion in which Haussmann rebuilt Paris.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [verb (transitive)] > plan or develop > types of planning or development
Haussmannize1865
peacock1892
1865 Daily Tel. 24 Oct. 5/3 The street..is now Haussmannised, open, airy, beautiful; but then, on the other hand, it is now ‘up’ for the fourth time within twelve months.
1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 238 Paris has fewer records of the feudal ages than London; and it is hopelessly Haussmannised.
1892 Athenæum 3 Sept. 326/1 To remodel the thoroughfares and otherwise ‘Haussmannize’ the Charing Cross district.
Derivatives
Haussmanniˈzation n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > town-planning or development > types of planning or development
urban regeneration1850
spotting1856
Haussmannization1865
peacocking1892
ribbon development1925
ribbon building1926
urban renewal1938
infilling1943
strip development1955
arcology1969
1865 Let. in F. M. Whitehurst Life in France under Napol. III (1873) I. 85 The Budget has again attracted the public attention to the Haussmannisation of Paris.
1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 276 These Attilas..of modern society..are rapidly achieving the Hausmannisation..of every mediæval city of Europe.
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