We've spent years looking, but have still to find Free Parking in London.In Rento you have extras, which are: different boards, different dice and different pawns.For a thorough exploration of why this particularly idiosyncratic set of properties were chosen, we can heartily commend Tim Moore's classic book on the subject, Do Not Pass Go.Similar maps exist elsewhere on the web, most created by people intending to complete the famous Monopoly pub crawl (a half in a pub on every property).Finally, Marlborough Street is properly called Great Marlborough Street. It's long gone, although a branch of Wetherspoon's now trades under the name, so it half exists. The Angel, Islington was a famous old coaching inn. Bond Street is really New Bond Street or Old Bond Street. Three squares on the Monopoly board do not technically exist.You could walk still further if you traipsed up and down the Mayfair grid system. It's possible to walk 2.6km from St James's Palace to Ludgate Circus without leaving the Monopoly board.Had we included them, we'd have chosen Battersea Power Station (electricity) and the former New River company (water) at Sadler's Wells. We've also left off the utilities for similar reasons.The Tower of London might fit the bill, and is still closer to existing properties on the board. Then again, it's actually a mile or so distant. Speaking of which, we've left off the Jail - it's not clear which of London's many lock-ups is intended, although it's tempting to plump for Pentonville, given that it shares its name with one of the light blue properties.The orange squares, for example - Vine Street, Marlborough Street and Bow Street - were all locations associated with the law. Other properties were clustered thematically. Some of the streets are grouped together by locality - Pentonville Road, Euston Road and (only pub on the board) The Angel Islington all grace the same part of town.Perhaps surprisingly, the most westerly property is Marylebone Station.
The only property south of the river is Old Kent Road, while Whitechapel Road is the sole nod to east London. It's immediately clear that the board is heavily skewed to the West End.There's something of the Kandinsky about it, don't you think? A few observations. Use the zoom controls for better resolution.
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