"A" Mountain - Tucsonopoly - Tucson, AZ
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N 32° 12.579 W 110° 59.571
12S E 500673 N 3563674
"A" Mountain, as known to the locals, is also known as Sentinel Peak in the Tucson Mountains. It takes the place of the Water Works utility on the Tucson Monopoly board.
Waymark Code: WM11YG6
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 01/11/2020
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"A" Mountain is a well-known location by the locals in Tucson. The "A" is painted different colors for different events (both local and national). "A" Mountain is a utility on the Tucsonopoly board game. It takes the place of Water Works on side 3.
From wikipedia:
After Arizona football's 7–6 victory over Pomona in 1914, a civil engineering student on the team convinced one of his professors to make a class project of the survey and design for a huge block "A" on Sentinel Peak. Students carried the project to completion on March 4, 1916, when the 70 ft (21 m) wide, 160 ft (48 m) tall "A" was whitewashed on the east side of the peak. The basalt rock used in the construction of the "A" was hauled from a quarry at the mountain's base which supplied stone for many foundations and walls throughout Tucson, including the wall surrounding the University of Arizona campus.
The "A" has traditionally been painted white. On March 23, 2003, four days after the start of the Iraq War, it was painted black in protest. Two weeks later, following much public debate, the Tucson City Council resolved to have the "A" painted red, white, and blue in honor of American troops. A decade later the council decided to restore it to its traditional white. The "A" has on occasion been painted green for St. Patrick's Day.
Arizona State University has a more recently created "A" Mountain (Tempe Butte) near the school's football stadium. During the week of the Arizona-ASU Territorial Cup game, rival fans and students have tried and at times succeeded in painting the "A" of the opposing school with their own school colors.
*These viewing coordinates are for the top level of a city parking garage on the east side of I-10:
N 32º 13.347 W 110º58.717
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