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 Top: Large, colorful Toynbee tile found in downtown Washington, D.C.; Bottom: Closeup of its bottom tab, apparently mentioning the U.S.S.R., which had been gone for years by the time this photo was taken. ("As media U.S.S.R. and Fronts are against it.") |
The Toynbee tiles (also called Toynbee plaques) are messages of mysterious origin found embedded in asphalt of streets in about two dozen major cities in the United States and four South American capitals. Since the 1980s, several hundred tiles have been discovered. They are generally about the size of an American license plate (roughly 30 cm by 15 cm), but sometimes considerably larger. They contain some variation on the following inscription:
- Related: Culture jamming, Graffiti, Sticker art
| Master site for Toynbee tiles Master site for Toynbee tiles web.archive.org/web/20070501110310/www.toynbee.net/ - Web |
| Archived copy of the site about the Brazilian tile... Archived copy of the site about the Brazilian tiles web.archive.org/.../ - Web |
| "An Asphalt Mystery Examined" "An Asphalt Mystery Examined" www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/04/biztech/articles/25onli.html - Web |
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| 'Toynbee Tiles' Mystery Resurrected in Philly 'Toynbee Tiles' Mystery Resurrected in Philly www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6112129 - Web |
| "Space Oddity" "Space Oddity" kansascityspaceoddity.blogspot.com - Web |
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| Steve Weinik's page Steve Weinik's page www.dovate.com/blog/?cat=3/ - Web |
| Complete text of 4 A.M. by David Mamet Complete text of 4 A.M. by David Mamet convozine.com/1883-inside-the-hotdog-fa/c/5905 - Web |
| "Mystery tiles in St. Louis covered in asphalt" "Mystery tiles in St. Louis covered in asphalt" www.stltoday.com/.../5510FD71BC8928BE862575E90007D1AC?OpenDocument - Web |
| 2010 Folha.com article 2010 Folha.com article www1.folha.uol.com.br/.../801119-placa-misteriosa-e-cravada-no-asfalto-da-avenida-paulista.shtml - Web |
| Spiegel Online (SPON) article about the Toynbee Ti... Spiegel Online (SPON) article about the Toynbee Tiles (German) einestages.spiegel.de/.../toynbee-kacheln-musiker-sucht-nach-phaenomen-von-philadelphia.html - Web |
