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Toynbee tile, West Broadway and 6th Avenue, New York City
In NYC to celebrate her fiftieth birthday, my mom and I saw Manhattan the right way: on foot. One unseasonably warm afternoon, we were walking up 6th Avenue near Broadway and noticed this odd plaque embedded in the sidewalk.
Though we knew Kubrick’s name, we had no idea what “Toynbee idea” meant and couldn’t fathom how Jupiter figured into things. I snapped the above photograph and chalked the whole thing up to eccentric NYC graffiti.
Wikipedia now also presents thorough coverage. The most plausible explanation for the tiles? Toynbee...
author: Mr. Fang : New York, NY

From the East Village, NYC
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Spotted in NYC
author: CartLegger : New York, NY
 Queens is perhaps the most transportation infrastructure laden area in the city, according to urban geographer Jack Eichenbaum. I was lucky enough to be on his BCUE tour recently, and captured these shots.
But till then the locations for these photos can be found here.
Queens Plaza, under the 7 Train
Dutch Kills under the LIE
LIRR Sunny Side Yards
Hunters Point Station, LIRR, under the LIE
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people receiving free food.
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Randomly passed this mermaid mural at Manhattan's South Street Seaport... for some reason, the mermaid isn't nearly as interesting as the fish with legs...
www.southstreetseaport.com/html
New York, NY...
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