Martine in Paris - Promenades
MONOPOLY Paris ...
Monopoly has been teaching children since 1935 how to make a fortune by buying land and building houses. The game was created during the Depression by an unemployed engineer who made a fortune from it. The French game with the streets of Paris was created in 1936, in the middle of the Popular Front, quite a paradox!
It was while I was walking around the 7th arrondissement that the name of the Avenue de Breteuil was suddenly associated with the green card so highly valued by the players of Monopoly. So what if we stroll like we're on a Monopoly board? Come on, the dice are rolling!
I remember that in ‘Monopoly’,
avenue de Breteuil is green, avenue Henri-Martin is red and avenue Mozart is orange...
I remember .... by Georges Pérec
As in Monopoly, we move from street to street as the dice fall.
Map of Paris Monopoly (R) - From the useful and funny Atlas inutile de Paris by Vincent Périat
From Departure (rue du Départ) to Rue de la Paix
From rue de Courcelles to rue Lafayette
17th district:
8ème, 2ème et 9ème arrondissements:
From rue Lafayette to La Santé prison
12th, 6th and 14th arrondissements:
Texte / Photos : Martine Combes
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