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SPECTACLE ISLAND: SKY HIGH

DEC 31 2307 (2025)

As the skyline climbs higher and infill projects reshape established neighborhoods, the city itself enters a period of self-examination. Longstanding questions about character, identity, and purpose are forcing citizens and leaders to reckon with what kind of city Spectacle Island is becoming—and what it’s at risk of losing.

SPECTACLE ISLAND: BRIGHT FUTURE

JUL 07 2303 (2024)

The election of a new mayor ended an eight-year reign by the incumbent and introduced laws to cap development, preserve greenspace, and reduce corporate influence. Despite legal challenges, the new laws were largely upheld, resulting in the creation of a new district and the island being declared fully built-out.

SPECTACLE ISLAND: NO LIMITS

MAY 01 2299 (2023)

More than two hundred years after the bombs fell, the city has emerged as the first world-class society in the new world. This puts the city in both an exciting and terrifying position at the forefront of the future of civilization—a role its leaders do not take lightly. The city has expanded horizontally through land reclamation and vertically through relaxed building height restrictions.

SPECTACLE ISLAND: UNITED

OCT 30 2297 (2022)

Historically, the island has been home to two settlements: Spectacle and Randy. With Spectacle city limits practically built-out, city leaders approved a measure which effectively added the entirety of the island to its jurisdiction, creating the Coastal Forest neighborhood and transforming Randy. Today, the region has emerged as a destination in its own right, standing on its own in terms of architecture, entertainment, historic preservation, and nature.

SPECTACLE ISLAND: GROWING PAINS

MAR 13 2295 (2022)

The island has experienced a construction, economic, and population boom unprecedented in the post-war world, and all in a brief time. Lately, city leaders have focused on expanding the city limits by creating new land through land reclamation methods. Three brand new neighborhoods later, the city limits of Spectacle are virtually built-out, putting pressure on Randy to pick up the pace.

RANDY: A DARK PAST, HAUNTED PRESENT, AND UNPREDICTABLE FUTURE

DEC 31 2291 (2020)

The island has experienced a construction, economic, and population boom unprecedented in the post-war world, and all in a brief time. Lately, city leaders have focused on expanding the city limits by creating new land through land reclamation methods. Three brand new neighborhoods later, the city limits of Spectacle are virtually built-out, putting pressure on Randy to pick up the pace.

SPECTACLE: THE NEW GREAT GREEN JEWEL OF THE COMMONWEALTH

NOV 06 2291 (2020)

The island has experienced a construction, economic, and population boom unprecedented in the post-war world, and all in a brief time. Lately, city leaders have focused on expanding the city limits by creating new land through land reclamation methods. Three brand new neighborhoods later, the city limits of Spectacle are virtually built-out, putting pressure on Randy to pick up the pace.