Toynbee Tile Mystery Continues With New Discovery in Tribeca

Another Toynbee Tile has been uncovered at Greenwich Street and North Moore, this time in front of the Tribeca Film Festival headquarters, according toGothamist.

Toynbee Tiles were first recorded in the 80s as the crop circles of busy city streets and have since been covered by the Times, NPRand conspiracy theorists everywhere. Heck, thereseven adocumentary about it.

These license plate-sized secret messageshavegraced the pavements of cities all over the world and are apparently made usinglinoleum, asphalt glue and tarpaper which all work together to bake theminto the sidewalk. According to Phillyist, they generally appear at intersections and consist of the same eerie phrase with minor variation:Toynbee idea / Resurrect dead / Movie 2001 / Planet Jupiter.

Our top-notch street tile analysts at theObserverare baffled, but youve got to admit that every segmentof that phrase would make an excellent band name.

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Toynbee Tile Mystery Continues With New Discovery in Tribeca