>it is from our roots that our< >heritage enlightens us< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PIERRE COUTURIER DISCOVERY+ >west indian creole (indigo)< +NEW ORLEANS, 18TH CENTURY+ (napoleon ave.@ miss. river) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +COUTURIER INDIGO PLANTATION+ (impressive on 18c. nola map) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >another valuable early degruy family +PLANTATION CHART LOCATED+ +ON FORMER BIENVILLE LAND+ >in the old city of new orleans (purchased at the h.n.o.c. bookshop in paperback as +ARCADIA BOOKSHOP+ >had depleated its paperback supply) was in the new orleans arch. series +"TOWN OF JEFFERSON"+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (i had them mail it & it is on its way) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >MY MEMORY OF THE COUTURIER PLANTATION IS A HUGE SWATH (early in the 18th century) >WHERE NAPOLEON AVE. ABUTS THE RIVER ACROSS FROM THE VERLOIN deGRUY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >this is a profound chart for many of us direct descendents of our ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MARIANNE COUTURIER+ wife of +JOSEPH VERLOIN deGRUY+ sister-in-law of +JEAN BAPTISTE VALENTIN deGRUY >builder of the round sugar mill< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(these degruy brothers sons of +ANTOINE JEAN BAPTISTE+ (immigration 1739) +VALENTIN VERLOIN deGRUY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >born in the versaille palace in 1715 son of colonel verloin degruy of king +CRUSADE/TEMPLARS+ +ST. LOUIS MEDAL+ +HOLY SHROUD+ >louis xiv palace regiment< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MEROVINGIAN BLOOD SECRECY+ >french historical need for verloin degruy @ +CHATEAU MAGNY FOUCHARD+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >note: this early templar history led to foundation of the very first +FRENCH MASONIC LODGE+ +GRAND ORIENT PARK+ >troyes fraternity families, brienne +LUSIGNAN/BOSSANCOURT+ >montmorency-luxemburg related +VERGY-GUISE-SAVOY+ >all in turn related to our very own +VALENTIN-VERLOIN-GRUY(ERE)+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GOOGLE REFERENCES NOTE+ >for those researchers & archivists who are new to my rootsweb essays it is a simple procedure to retrieve my previous essays on almost +ANY RELATED SUBJECT+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ARCHITECTURAL REFERENCES+ >examples< >EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY / ROUND SUGAR MILL ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY SILVER SHIP or >OEUVRE or SACRED GEOMETRY or (paris bien. exhibition catalog) >PARIS BIENNALE or RUDOLF STEINER (lecture/exhibition in switzerland) >or LONDON LECTURES or BIOTRONIC (radiant architecture) >ENERGY or BRAZILIA LECTURE or >BUCKMINSTER FULLER LECTURE or (fuller lecture video taped) >FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT LECTURE or >TENSEGRITY STRUCTURES or +BIOMORPHIC STRUCT.+ etc, etc, etc, etc, +ADVANCED STRUCTURE THEORY+ note: i am happy to respond to questions regarding any of this,,, i used to carry a suitcase of books to my lectures >to support all of my theories< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +COMPREHENSIVE DVD OF+ +SEVERAL OF MY LECTURES+ >was put together by ronald eden of my hometown of baton rouge and shall +1996 DOCUMENTARY+ >send a copy of this to t.h.n.o.c.. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE BEST FOR LOUISIANA VIEWERS+ +WAS OF THE L.S.U. 1996 LECTURE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE BEST FOR CALIFORNIA VIEWERS+ +WAS THE FULLER 1995 LECTURE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LOOKING TO THE FUTURE+ >(new orleans must grow >but with sensetivity) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MELDING THE OLD & NEW+ >i realise that many people are anti- pathetic to modern architecture (BEAUTY >IS< POSSIBLE) >for love of the aged & antique< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >I WILL REMIND YOU IMPROVED ANTI-HURRICANE/EARTHQUAKE (biomorphic structures) +DESIGN IS DESPERATELY NEEDED+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >the new orleans and haiti disasters +SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HEALTH-ECONOMY-ECOLOGY+ +AND SOCIAL CONCERNS+ >were the corner stones of our design program... this is joined by strength +TO FORM A PENTAGRAM+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >i believe that pierre couturier would have apprciated all those factors. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >ONE WONDERS WHICH HURRICANE (he built a st. tammany parish plantation in later years) >WIPED HIS HOME FROM THE EARTH ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(his son-in-laws round sugar +MASONIC CONCEPT+ +SACRED GEOMETRY+ >was a very strong structure) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california