{"product_id":"large-historic-dance-floor-tiles","title":"Large Historic Dance Floor Tiles","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistoric Mobile Civic Center Dance Floor Tiles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSold Separately \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 6\" x 6\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOwn a Piece of the Mobile Civic Center Dance Floor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteve Joynt is the founder and original publisher of Mobile Mask.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn August 2024, the City of Mobile auctioned off a variety of items from the Civic Center — including lights, tables, chairs, and sections of the dance floor — before the building was demolished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteve bid on and won 78 three-by-three-foot sections of the dance floor, the very same floor that hundreds of thousands of Mardi Gras revelers had danced and celebrated on for more than 20 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Steve, saving the dance floor was about preserving a small piece of a place that had been special to so many people and held countless memories for generations of Mobilians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter winning the floor, Jim Sapser, pictured on the right, helped Steve move the heavy sections to Ron Barrett’s warehouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn February 2025, Steve sold nearly all of the three-by-three-foot sections to people throughout Mobile. Many shared stories and memories of the time they had spent celebrating on that very dance floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteve kept several sections that were too damaged or worn to sell whole. Since then, he has been carefully preserving smaller pieces of the beautiful parquet wood from those sections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach one is a little piece of Mobile history, carrying with it decades of celebrations, stories, and wonderful memories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lupercalia Art Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53096516747445,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/7499\/5381\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_73c3c44a-ced3-4454-9e56-85d865c82773.jpg?v=1787789101","url":"https:\/\/www.lupercaliaartgallery.com\/products\/large-historic-dance-floor-tiles","provider":"Lupercalia Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}