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The Monopoly board game took its inspiration from the real streets in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The game is about to turn 90 as its version based on real-life streets from Atlantic City came out on March 19, 1935.
Dec 12, 2022 · No wonder its other nickname is “Monopoly City.” This map transposes the streets on the board back onto the map, maintaining the color scheme that groups them from cheap (dark purple) to...
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Atlantic City Map: Real-Life Monopoly Streets. Map by Davis DeBard (Reddit: u/RedPulse) The maps above are those of Atlantic City and Ventnor City in New Jersey, United States. These cities are largely influential in the American version of the board game Monopoly.
This page collates the various Monopoly Editions based on specific Cities, regardless of country.
Jan 5, 2024 · Darrow’s Monopoly is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the properties around the board mirror the one-time values of real estate on the actual streets of that city. The street names were...
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Apr 22, 2005 · What came to be known as Monopoly was originally The Landlord’s Game, a 40-space board game patented in ñ904 by Elizabeth J. Magie, a Virginia native. “She believed in her Quaker teachings...
Feb 17, 2022 · The “original” Parker Brothers Version of the board game involved contributions from a famous cartoonist, F.O. Alexander, and was based on streets in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Once Parker Brothers took over marketing the board game, sales began to explode in the United States and abroad.