Comments on: Alpine and Jasper: A Love Story?

By: Lindsey M Nelson

Lindsey M Nelson — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:06:34 +0000

This is amazing. After we bought our home we had to rip up the fir tounge-and-groove floorboards because they were so badly charred from a fire that took place (to the best our our knowledge) sometime in the 20s. We found tons of old stuff under there. I just can’t figure out how it all got there! We also have uncovered a couple large glass pits in the backyard, a few of the bottles were salvageable. But love letters… that would have been AMAZING. How cool!

By: Reclaimed Home: Green Low Impact Housing Renovation of New York, Brooklyn, New Jersey

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:56:00 +0000

[…] But I had forgotten about some boxes in the attic. When I went upstairs in the afternoon, I found Alpine’s garbage scattered about the floor. I felt protective of her. There were a number of antique bottles that we […]

By: bibbysrocket

bibbysrocket — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:47:28 +0000

This is just the way we found love letters, including a “dear John” letter — in a demo. And in the attic of another home, people with the last name of “Liberty” (!) clipped all the Nixon files they could, and left behind many items of Nixon paraphrenalia. So interesting to look through a well preserved lens that way.

By: Reclaimed Home: Green Low Impact Housing Renovation of New York, Brooklyn, New Jersey

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:52:09 +0000

[…] since we found old love letters and newspapers in a cubby hole during demolition, I’ve been meaning to incorporate them back […]

By: reclaimedhome.com

reclaimedhome.com — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:32:04 +0000

[…] those things I’ve always wanted to do but never got around to. I got goosebumps when we found old letters from the war in our Bed Stuy house. And I was equally excited when we found crack vials from the […]

By: Emilia

Emilia — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:15:45 +0000

Love this story………