Sentences with phrase «post-war building boom»

Americans first used them during the Civil War, and in the post-war building boom, these tiles were often found in schools, storefronts, and residences.

By 1954, the banks had convinced the government to change their charters so they could join the post-War building boom.

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During the post-war boom of the 1960s and»70s successive local councils began a progress campaign to modernise the city and many older buildings were replaced with newer buildings.

Forty years earlier — before the freeways and the post-War boom — Los Angeles was a conventional city, complete with a downtown business and shopping district featuring hotels, apartment buildings, restaurants and even pedestrians.