Complex sentence: In the 1920s there were serious shortages of goods and housing, and plans were made to demolish the old part of Christianshavn and rid of the worst of the city's slum areas.
Split into simpler sentences: In the 1920s there were serious shortages of goods and housing. Plans were drawn up to demolish the old part of Christianshavn and to get rid of the worst of the city's slum areas.