[URBAN NOTE] Four city links: Kingston, New York City, Los Angeles, Beijing

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• Kingston is currently in the process of planning for two tall high-rises to be built in what seems to be near the heart of the downtown. Global News reports.


• The question of how New York City will deal with the extended shutdown of the L Train seems, from this account, to have scarcely been answered. VICE reports.


• The defenses of Los Angeles' Getty Museum against wildfires are impressive, though I certainly still fear for the art inside. New York reports.


• The displacement of poor people, often rural migrants, from their Beijing neighbourhoods is a sad story. The Guardian reports.