Atlantic City — Atlantic City Map Poster & Print

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Atlantic City Map Poster & Print

Atlantic City occupies the northern part of Absecon Island, a narrow barrier island on the New Jersey shore. On a map, the Atlantic Ocean runs along one side and a maze of tidal marshes, channels and bays along the other. Between them lies a regular street grid: avenues run parallel to the beach, and cross streets, many named after states, run from the sand back to the bay.

Those street names became famous far beyond New Jersey after the original American Monopoly board borrowed Boardwalk, Park Place, Ventnor Avenue and others from the city. The Boardwalk itself, first built in 1870, was the first of its kind in the United States. Casino towers now line much of the oceanfront, and the Absecon Lighthouse stands near the island's northern inlet.

An Atlantic City map poster turns this seaside grid into a clean graphic pattern. The Boardwalk makes a long, straight line against the empty ocean, and the regular blocks behind it give way to the irregular channels and marsh islands of the back bays. The contrast between the ordered grid and the loose tidal shapes makes the city's position on its island easy to read.