The message appears as the paper cover disintegrates. But the meanings of the messages themselves are the more haunting mystery. Heat and pressure from vehicle tires melds the tiles into the asphalt. A Toynbee tile, or copycat, in Memphis, Tennessee, along with a work by Stikman (photo by the author). Since the 1980s, several hundred tiles have been discovered. They appear to be made of asphalt crack filler, glue and linoleum and covered with tar paper. The Toynbee tiles, also called Toynbee plaques, are messages of unknown origin found embedded in asphalt of streets in about two dozen major cities in the United States and four South American cities. The creations also were placed in New York, Boston, Washington, Baltimore, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Kansas City. It's terrible that someone would take it away for monetary value and rob the city of something so unique and intriguing." "(The guard) said he asked the guy what he was doing, and the guy said that a documentary had been made about these things and they're going to be worth a lot of money someday," Huonker said. But where the artwork had been, they found only a blank, black square.Ī security guard working nearby broke the news: A man had taken the tile a few days earlier. In August, Huonker and a couple of friends came downtown to see the tile at Sixth and Olive. Huonker, 30, became fascinated with the tiles after seeing the film. It helped popularize the artwork but also may have made them the target of thieves, as Kelley Huonker, of south St. Toynbee Tiles refer to a message and a medium invented by a Philadelphia artist in the 1980’s. Last year, the documentary Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles won the directing award at the Sundance Film Festival. 1 2 Since the 1980s, several hundred tiles have been discovered. But whats the meaning on these mysterious. The tiles, about the size of a license plate, have proven to have a powerful allure, generating websites devoted to theories about their origin and meaning. 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. If youve ever been to Philadelphia then youve probably walked right by a Toynbee Tile embedded in the street.
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