These were made in 1985 to commemorate Hudson's Bicentennial. I've found them before but always gave them away. This set is too tattered to give as a gift---so it'll go in my ever-growing Hudson time capsule...
From what I can tell, the only Hudsonopoly business still in existence is Town and Country Foods, down on Dock Street. 
I know Bobbie's Flea Market and Sherin's Dollhouse Shop are long gone...(sigh)...Maybe we need to get together and make a new edition for the big Henry Hudson Quadricentennial this year?
Think of the possibilities..
You could buy the Martin residence, turn it into a fabulous, hip B&B, but then draw the chance card that quadruples your property taxes!
Or, how about: "Wal-Mart opens in Greenport; kills your business, you're foreclosed on. Go directly to jail."
Incidentally (while I'm here),
on my way to the yard sale, I had to drive by the brand-spanking-new-this-week Applebee's
"Neighborhood Grill and Bar", out on Fairview Avenue. (What's with the "grill" coming before the "bar" now?)
This is the "neighborhood" right behind Applebee's:
Future home of Super Wal-Mart of course, but with a lovely Berkshire Mountains backdrop.
Great find! and nicely written! I can't even imagine how different Fairview Avenue looks from when I was a kid. I try to avoid that area altogether, cause I find it too depressing.
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