[URBAN NOTE] Five links about cities, from past Toronto and Richmond to future NYC and Barcelona

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• Scott Wheeler writes about past eminences of Toronto, people like Conn Smythe and Raymond Massey.
• Joanna Slater writes in The Globe and Mail about the symbolism of Confederate--and other--statuary in Richmond, former capital of the South.


• Reuters reports on a Vietnamese businessman abducted by his country from the streets of Berlin. Germany is unhappy.


• Jeremiah Ross argues at VICE that very high levels of tourism in New York City are displacing native-born residents.


• Looking to protests most recently in Barcelona, Elle Hunt in The Guardian looks at ways to make mass tourism more affordable for destinations.