Monopoly’s a great game, isn’t it? Did you know that the properties in the US version of the game are named after actual streets in Atlantic City, NJ?
We had a thought: What would it look like if you drew lines on the ACTUAL streets on Atlantic City? Well, here you go:
We made this using the ‘Custom Maps’ feature of Google Maps, and the embedded map is below:
View Monopoly Streets in a larger map
Some interesting notes:
- Click on a road to see the road name.
- The sub-groups of properties are all physically close with one another.
- St. Charles Place no longer exists and is now a parking lot.
- Illinois Avenue was renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
- The yellow properties of Ventnor Avenue and Marvin Gardens are actually just south of Atlantic City in Ventnor, NJ. Scroll southwest on the map to see them.
- Marvin Gardens is actually a set of homes set within a rectangle of streets, and is actually called “Marven Gardens”. The name was a typo in the original version of the game, and has remained that way in subsequent versions of the game.
- I made Mediterranean and Baltic a dark purple, which was how it was on my copy of the game. The color was changed to brown in later versions of the game.
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This is wonderful — I’m so glad you took the time to bring the game to life! I’ve long known that the properties were named after real streets but never thought to see if someone had mapped them until today.