The Historic District

The Collyer brothers were the first widely publicized hoarders (c 1947). They lived in a large Harlem brownstone, that had been without electricity or running water for decades. Their case is widely referred to, but I had never seen photos before. There are glimpses of the previous splendour of the residence, then the hoard that in some rooms was about three feet shy of the (high)ceiling.

http://www.messynessychic.com/2017/07/2 ... -hoarders/

Wow, other people's treasures!

oh. my. god. I would want to pick this place so bad!

Corsetière wrote:oh. my. god. I would want to pick this place so bad!

I know - it looked like an amazing mansion plus decades of hoarding logic. I looked through all the pics open mouthed fantasizing about what else was buried in the original layers.

Ha ha! Yes! Who knows what treasures could have been there!