Why is Vine Street on the Monopoly Board?

Vine Street, W1 is easily the most obscure property on the London version of the Monopoly board.

Compared to other properties such as King's Cross Station, Marylebone Station, Piccadilly, the Old Kent Road, Regent Street and so on, it's hardly a household name and, in reality, Vine Street appears to be nothing more than a little dead end, used as a service area for a hotel and other businesses.

There's a lot more to Vine Street than meets the eye though... and in this video we'll be looking at its intriguing history- including, of course, the reason why it ended up on the Monopoly board!

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
02:19 The London Version of Monopoly
04:28 The History of Vine Street
06:51 A Bizarre Death...
10:09 Why Vine Street?
11:22 Vine Street Police Station
18:27 Outro

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Credits:

Music used in this video:

The Entertainer (E's Jammy Jams)

Swipesy Cakewalk (E's Jammy Jams)

Forest Lullaby (Asher Fulero)

Pirouette (Asher Fulero)

Beseeched (Asher Fulero)

The Easy Winners (E's Jammy Jams)

Faultlines (Asher Fulero)

Organ Grinder's Song (Will Osborne and His Orchestra)

Smokey's Lounge (TrackTribe)

Images:

Monopoly board video: pixabay.com

Victor Watson image: thoresby.org.uk

Angel Islington Monopoly Plaque: London Remembers

St James's Concert Hall: Victorianweb.org

Historic maps: David Rumsey and the National Library of Scotland
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