What The Monopoly Properties Look Like In Real Life

The properties on the Monopoly board were named after the streets of Atlantic City. The street names can be traced to Ruth Hoskins who had learned a version of the game in Indianapolis, and upon moving to Atlantic City in 1929, made her own copy naming properties after streets where her friends lived.

Scouting NY has posted photos and descriptions of these streets. Mediterranean Ave. is the lowest priced property on the board; Boardwalk is the most expensive.

Mediterranean Ave: Running northeast through the city, Mediterranean Ave mostly consists of low-rise residential properties. On Hoskins’s original board, this was named Arctic Avenue; it was later changed to Mediterranean by Charles Darrow (once popularly considered to be Monopoly’s sole creator) because he liked the warmer feel of the name.

Boardwalk: Perhaps the most famous board game space in history, the real Atlantic City boardwalk was the first of its kind in the United States, having opened in 1870. While much has been modernized, bits of the past – like wooden planks and push carts – offer a wisp of what once was. A plaque commemorating Charles Darrow can be found at the corner of Park Place & Boardwalk, which do intersect.

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