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Abstract
This is a report from the year 2120, a short history of the evolution of the strand city. These unique urban forms rest within radical foundations of specially engineered forests; their plans follow such linear cultural inscriptions as interstate highways and national borders. Within the strands, plateaus of public life and branches of private dwelling float high above a wilderness landscape, within which regional ecologies continue to evolve. In most cases, the strands are autonomous city-states; they do not belong to any nation. The two featured here are Redwood Strand and Saguaro Strand; both began to develop during the third decade of the twenty-first century: the first along the Interstate 80 corridor at the edge of San Francisco Bay and the second along the US/Mexico border. Embedded within this report is, this writer hopes, a nascent political process affecting urban development, one that is directly linked to contemporary global currents of resistance.