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ChicagoVintageTileFloors

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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ It's definitely mostly about the floors. There may be swear words. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

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ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 19h

West Ridge

Colorful vintage broken tile floor circa 1910.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Miss you buddy, 2028 can't come soon enough.

Patterned terrazzo floor inside the soaring lobby of the post modern James R Thompson Center in Chicago.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I hope this reminds somebody of a place they remember fondly.

Apartment entrance hall with vintage tile and aged marble steps.

A potted plant in an apartment building entrance hallway with a vintage tile floor, marble walls and a glass panes door.

Closeup of a vintage tile floor with a geometric border.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Rogers Park lookin’ all Maxfield Parrish this morning. Tile coming later.

Sunrise over Lake Michigan with leafy trees and an empty park.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

A row of tall buildings at dawn, with the top of one illuminated in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here is a nice mosaic wall

Three panel wall mosaic tile of Lake Michigan on the exterior of an Evanston grade school below a leafy branch of an old tree.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Running in the mornings has turned me into one of those weirdos with a desire to share their sunrise pics. Here, planes are coming into the city.

Just before sunrise over Lake Michigan with planes coming in for safe landings.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Terrazzo today.

A starburst of green and white terrazzo tile floor.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Numbers

The tiled threshold of 1736 W Greenleaf Avenue with “1736” in tile, a stylish tile border & an open security gate.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Reminds me of a circus big top.

Red and white checkered vintage tile floor with orange and white chain link border.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Visiting an old friend in Lake View today.

The aged vintage tile floor with red and black X pattern center and twisted black and red tile border. Twin wastebaskets flank a glass pane door with sidelights giving us a view of the inner hallway with oak stairs, newel post and wall trim.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Premier of Cloud & Bunny at The Music Box

Vintage tile floor in the lobby of The Music Box Theatre.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Such a floor we have to look at today!

Closeup of a vintage tile floor with intricate circular patterns in blue, green, yellow and white.

The covered entrance to a storefront with an intricate tile floor, wood bench, floor mat and plenty of store windows to see inside.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We understand there are bonus points for letterboxes.

A vintage oak door with letterbox and paneled door over a terrazzo floor with mosaic tile border.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Not a floor...just a beautiful mural at the Argyle Red Line station.

A floral mosaic wall mural between the stairs at the train station.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Inside an apartment building entrance hall with salt bucket and packages.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Black & tan @odoggle.bsky.social sitting on black & tan lined tile floor.

A black & tan dog sitting on black & tan lined tile floor looking out to the camera.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Final in the series, Auditorium Building, 1889 photos by @maren.robinson.

Yellow hexagon and orange diamond shaped tile floor with red trim tile floor from 1889.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hopscotch pattern, (also called pinwheel) at The Auditorium Building, 1889. Another photo from @maren.robinson.

Closeup of a vintage tile floor using large red squares and small white squares in a repeat pattern.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Cloudy and rainy in Chicago all day today. Not complaining.

Grey clouds on a rainy day.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

More hexagons and triangles at the Auditorium Building 1889, photo by @maren.robinson.

Closeup of a smooth tile floor with red hexagons surrounded by yellow triangles creating a pattern repeat of linked six-pointed stars.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Another great vintage floor at the Auditorium Building, 1899. Photo by @meren.robinson.

lattice work tile floor in red, cream and green.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Auditorium Building 1889, photo by @maren.robinson

Green triangles surround yellow hexagons on this vintage tile floor.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Auditorium Building, photo by @maren.robinson

Closeup of a vintage tile floor with brown squares, red octagons and white triangles.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Floors and walls today.

Looking down from inside an open doorway to the entrance hallway below with black and white tiled floors and walls, marble steps and an arched window above the front door.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Welcome friends!

An open glass door and the interior and exterior red and white vintage tile floor in a circa 1900 apartment building.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Floor #915 in the archive is from beautiful Oak Park.

Inside a vintage apartment building hallway circa 1900 with original patterned tile floor and marble walls.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Oy! They should stick to what they know.

Entrance floor to a former medical building with "Medical Office" spelled out in tile, but partially covered by a brick wall.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Steering out of our lane once again because I am a sucker for orange...and Uptown.

a headphoned pedestrian walks past a brick building with a painted mural with flying geese and the words "I will...We will..."

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

University of Chicago

Arched stone doorways over a center hallway with tile floors.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Another day, another box.

A small box sits atop a vintage tile floor.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You again, Amazon.

An Amazon box awaiting its recipient inside an apartment building vestibule atop a grey and white checkered vintage tile floor with a coordinating border.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Sunshine day.

Sunlight streaming through the panes of a door and sidelights onto the vintage tile floor of an apartment entrance vestibule.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Great blue heron in front of The Mart this morning.

A great blue heron standing on broken and weathered wood in the Chicago River.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

105 W Madison.

Stylized brass address “105” in the colored concrete at the foot of 105 W Madison entrance.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Here is a nice floor

A vintage apartment building vestibule circa 1900 with marble walls and steps, wall mounted handrail, a ceramic tile floor with a meander border and central diamond patterns.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A favorite from Evanston.

Vintage tile floor with random square and rectangle tiles in brown and pink.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sent to us by a fan, wish I remembered who...and where.

An empty sunroom with lots of windows on a bright day, vintage brown and white checkered tile with green outlines and coordinating border.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Vintage entrance hall and interior hall separated with an open door showing the red and white tile floor in both rooms and the marble walls of the entrance hall.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Storefront entrance tile in black & white with a wide running border, green walls, brown door & sexy ankles reflected in the window glass.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Thrifty

Green and white checkered floor below the crowded shelves at a thrift store.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Granville Red Line "L" station mural.

Mosaic tile mural of vintage buildings and homes in the Edgewater neighborhood.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It’s not about the floor mats, ok?

A vintage tile floor with a center medallion and decorative corners in a vestibule with two different floor mats.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

First things first...Good morning! Tile later.

Dawn over Lake Michigan with cloudy skies.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Good Morning BlueSky, user #600,771 reporting for duty.

Looking down from marble steps we see a vintage apartment building vestibule with marble walls, tile floor with a red meander boarder and outside through a glass pane door.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Not a floor

A pair of wood hand railings leading down to the beach at sunset from Union Pier, MI.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Plenty of room for a gorgeous vintage tile floor.

A narrow entrance hallway between two wooden doors has a vibrant vintage tile floor with hexagon and square tiles, a ubiquitous door wedge and the tips of the photographer's shoes in the foreground of this photo.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Nana’s spot.

A wicker rocking chair on a front porch with a vintage tile floor.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Here are some nice mushrooms @lukelukeluke.bsky.social

Chalk mushrooms rising from the cracked pavement on Howard St.

ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It’s definitely mostly about the floors.

White, green and black tiles make lovely diagonals on a bar room floor.