The Real Streets of Monopoly

Everybody’s familiar with them – Oriental Avenue, Marvin Garden, Park Place … Not everyone, though, knows these are real places. Yup, Atlantic City has them all.

Of course, they’re not the same streets they were back when Monopoly first came out, in the 1930s. Atlantic City has fallen on some pretty hard times, both before and after gambling was legalized.

Let’s take a look at what those streets look like today.

 

Mediterranean Avenue

Baltic Avenue

Oriental Avenue

 

Vermont Ave.

That's the boardwalk at the end of the street

Connecticut Ave.

Is that really a church???

St Charles Place

This street actually does not exist anymore. It was replaced in full by the Showboat Casino.

 

States Ave.

Virginia Ave.

St James Place.

Tennessee Ave.

It says "laundromat"

New York Ave.

Kentucky Ave.

Yup, those are homeless.

Indiana Ave.

 

Illinois

Illinois doesn’t exist anymore. It is now MLK Blvd.

 

Atlantic Ave.

Ventnor Ave.

Yup, that's an Alcoholics Anonymous

Marvin Gardens

Actually not in Atlantic City at all, but in Margate City, two towns over. Also, it’s properly spelled “Marven.”

Pacific Ave.

North Carolina Ave.

Pennsylvania Ave.

 Yup, that does appear to be an abandoned church.

 

Park Place

Hard to believe, but I didn’t find any shots of desolation here. And that’s partly because 1) it’s so darn short, and 2) it’s still a very nice part of town.

 

Boardwalk