Posted on September 13, 2006
new, new style tiles made in new style appearing west of broad
Yes, you read that right. This morning I noticed a new Toynbee tile at 19th and Chestnut. It’s made in the new style, but in a new style for the new style. These new, new style tiles are… Read More
Posted on August 24, 2006
HUGE TILE NEWS
This post is intended for fans of Toynbee tiles. If you’re not a fan, I’m sorry, but there wasn’t a whole lot I could do to make this entertaining reading for you. It’s largely technical and entirely esoteric…. Read More
Posted on August 21, 2006
only by destruction of the…
Word out of Chicago is that Toynbee tiles are being actively sought out and destroyed. Is this some sort of Hellion conspiracy against the movement? If it is, the perpetrators aren’t admitting to it. “…the Toynbee tiles are… Read More
Posted on July 27, 2006
Required Reading
This is – by far – the best travel article about Philadelphia that I have ever seen. Originally, published on salon.com back in May, 1997, I’ve copied and pasted it here in its entirety. I reproduce it out of fear that salon… Read More
Posted on July 18, 2006
Tile Broadcast on 6ABC
So WPVI TV, Philly’s local ABC affiliate ran a investigative piece on the tiles last night. While good in theory, the broadcast was typical hellion propaganda. The piece – located here – did interview the Resurrect Dead team,… Read More
Posted on July 2, 2006
Saturday Night Weirdness
Not long ago, a group of mad scientists gathered in a laboratory near Philadelphia and constructed a device that they claimed achieved 2-way communication with the dead. They asked for no money from these experiments and gave away… Read More
Posted on March 29, 2006
Toynbee – self-inflicted life-affirming hell
The Resurrect Dead team is about done with the research end of the Toynbee mystery… most of our goals having been met. Want to know what we found out? Wait for the movie suckers! Hahahaha! Here are a… Read More
Posted on March 22, 2006
PUBLIC NOTICE
In the early 1980’s The Toynbee Tiler covered center city in handbills advertising the idea and his shortwave radio broadcasts. I never saw one of these handbills, but with the help of our friends in the shortwave community,… Read More