[URBAN NOTE] Five city notes: Churchill, New York City, Stockbridge, Ponce, Ramallah

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• MacLean's looks at the long and sorry neglect of the Manitoba Arctic port of Churchill in its time of need by the Canadian federal government.


• Wired looks at the "pink tax" in New York City, the extra costs imposed on women who need to take private transit in order to avoid harassment in public spaces.


• Eater profiles the efforts of white neighborhoods in the Georgia city of Stockbridge to secede, something ostensibly presented as a desire to attract Cheesecake Factory and other restaurants to these areas.


• CityLab reports on a sensitive effort to restore an art deco building in the Puerto Rican city of Ponce.


• The Palestinian city of Ramallah, Guardian Cities reports, has its architectural heritage threatened by an unregulated construction boom.