The Toynbee Tiles are a genre of street art that crashed onto the scene in the early 1980’s in South Philadelphia. The founder of the movement has never been positively identified, and it’s likely that they never will be.
Justin Duerr, Steve Weinik, and Colin Foy conducted and in-depth investigation in the early 2000’s and got closer than anyone had before – and anyone has since.
The enduring interest in the Toynbee Tiles is the result of the longevity of the artifacts themselves and the mystery surrounding their origins.