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Giant Game Pieces
Philadelphia, PA
These Giant Game Pieces were installed in 1996 in Thomas Paine Plaza downtown. The fiberglass and steel statues include dominos, chess figures, bingo card markers, a Monopoly hat and iron, and Parcheesi pieces. The artwork is officially entitled "Your Move" and was a collaborative project of Daniel Martinez, Renee Petropoulis and Roger White. [map]

Giant Chess Set
Newport Beach, CA
This Giant Chess Set has been located at the Hyatt Regency since at least 2015. Evidently, there are other Hyatts that have these, including these in Anaheim, CA, and Australia. [map]

Giant Chess Set
Pismo Beach, CA
This Giant Chess Set is located at the Pismo Lighthouse Suites. There are also checkers pieces. [map]

Knight
Chess Piece
Cloverdale, CA
 King Chess Piece
St. Louis, MO
 Giant Chess Piece and Set
St. Louis, MO
This Knight Chess Piece was created by Peter Crompton and Robyn Spencer Crompton. It was built from reinforced concrete and installed in town in 2019. The sculpture was knocked over by vandals in 2023 and will be repaired. [map]

This King Chess Piece is installed at St. Louis University in front of the Sinquefield Chess Commons which was dedicated in 2022. I don't know if the Piece was installed then or if it has been there longer than that. There are tables with inlaid chess boards and a giant chess board on the ground. [map]

This King Chess Piece and Giant Chess Set are located at the World Chess Hall of Fame which opened in 2011. This Chess Set was probably installed then or in 2012 when a 15-foot-tall Chess Piece was installed. The Chess Piece was replaced with this 20-foot-tall, mahogany version in 2018. [map]

Giant Chess Set
St. Louis, MO
 Giant Chess Set
St. Louis, MO
The first Giant Chess Set shown above was installed in front of The Cheshire hotel around 2015. [map]

The second Giant Chess Set shown above is installed inside the City Museum.

Giant Chess Set
Oak Ridge, TN
This Giant Chess Set was installed around 2023 when The Greens opened. [map]

More Chess Sets & Pieces:
Chess Set (Morro Bay, CA)
Chess Pieces (Denver, CO) [gone]
Alice in Wonderland Chess Set (Columbus, OH)
Chess Set & Piece (Medicine Hat, AB)

Factory 52
Norwalk, OH
These Bicycle playing cards were installed in 2023 at Factory 52. The mixed-use development is the former site of the United States Playing Card Company factory. [map]

Monopoly in the Park
San Jose, CA
Monopoly in the Park was built in 1992 and officially opened in 2002 with the completion of Guadalupe River Park. The giant Monopoly board is 930 square feet. For more, see this website. [map]

Macombopoly
Macomb, IL
Macombopoly was installed in the Courthouse Square in 2024. It consists of three game pieces: a stovepipe hat, a gameboard, and spinning dice. There is also a sculpture of local resident Lizzie Magie who invented the game in 1903. It was originally known as The Landlord's Game. It was renamed Monopoly in 1936. For more, see this website. [map]

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