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Yellow Stikman Robot Spotted on 6th Avenue and 50th Street, NYC

A little worse for wear and tear. For more Stikman Robot tile photos, see this flickr page. 

Mysterious Toynbee Tiles and Stikman Robot Spotted on 5th and 6th Avenues, NYC

These ones are in various states of decomposition, perhaps because it's summer. 

5th Avenue and 48th Street

49th and 6th (Avenue of the Americas)

51st and 6th

51st and 6th

51st and 6th. This is a Stikman Robot Tile. For more info on tiles, see my category on it here. 

Stikman Robot Tile

Seen on 51st Street in NYC between 5th and 6th Avenues. I see tiles everytime I look down nowadays. Here is more information on these ones. 

Planet Jupiter Tile

I spotted this on 5th Avenue around 48th Street. It may be a play on the Toynee Tile urging us to resurrect the dead on Planet Jupiter. I have not seen this one before. More info here. 

Toynbee Tile 35th and 5th Avenue

Spotted recently. Note the unusual green lettering in lower right corner. Perhaps it's a nod to the holidays.

Toynbee Tile Spotted at Fifth Avenue and 46th Street

A Toynbee tile spotted last night while walking to Grand Central. I like the way it was laid on a big crack. It looks to me like there's a pen in the crack on the upper right. 

Toynbee Tile 38th and 5th Avenue

The second Toynbee tile I spotted last week. Slightly different from the other one. I will keep looking for more this week.

Toynbee Tile at 7th and 36th

One of two Toynbee Tiles I spotted last week. Now I'm keeping my eyes down everywhere I walk.

Toynbee Tile on 6th Avenue and 50th Street NYC

I took this photo on 9/11/13 on the east side of the intersection. It looks like it got melted or mangled—it's been hot lately. I wish I could read all the copy. I like the thought in the lower right corner: "You must lay tile—alone (arrow) Feds. Here is an earlier post about a House of Hades tile I spotted on 5th Avenue. And here is a link to a ghostly image I saw earlier at the same intersection. It is back. 

Ghostly Image Spotted on 6th and 50th in NYC

I'm not sure what the story is behind this image, but I like it. It reminds me of the House of Hades tile I found on 5th Avenue.