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Manhattanisation
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English
Alternative forms
en Manhattanization
Etymology
From en Manhattanise -ation.
Noun
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en UK NZ Aus The construction of many tall or densely situated buildings in a city.
en 1985 Midnight Oil Progress 1985 ‘Got your last meal filled up with pesticide/Hamburger chain, third world infanticide/Got robot car your jobs will disappear/ It's called the politics of a brand new year/ Manhattanisation is coming/ Open your eyes if you dare.’
French
Noun
f
The construction of many tall or densely situated buildings in a city.
fr 2005 Nathalie Casemajor, Eve Lamoureux, Louis Jacob Cohabiter: imaginer les médiations culturelles au XXIe siècle 2005 ‘manhattanisation à la réappropriation collective Haus der Statistik... est un vaste complexe immobilier de 50 000 m2 situé près d'Alexanderplatz.’