sentences:  Although never a slum, it was nevertheless slated for "urban renewal" by the "Mayor's Committee on Slum Clearance," as part of a vast project led by Robert Moses.Washington Square Village was intended to be part of a broad effort in Manhattan and throughout New York City to clear what some in the city government perceived as slums and to replace the old, run-down buildings with sleek modern structures.The project was to include a vehicular bridge from Red Hook, Brooklyn to Battery Park, and an elevated highway, the Lower Manhattan Expressway, across Lower Manhattan.