+THANKS MARY LYNN HYDE+ >for reporting post katrina history of +MID CENTURY+ >contemporary architecture in the +CITY OF NEW ORLEANS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >i worked directly w/ arthur davis on the automotive life insurance co. +SUBJECT BUILDING+ >building of 1963 constructed >on the canal st. extension<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SYNCHRONISTICALLY+ >it was arthur's son, quint davis who started the jazz-fest the year after i constructed the decatur st. +JAZZ WORKSHOP+ >published in the times picayune< +SUNDAY ROTOGRAVURE+ >june/29/nineteen sixty nine< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ARCHITECTURE IN THE TROPICS IS+ >louisiana-french west indies< +EPHEMERAL AS TROPICAL STORMS >especially tropical cyclones< +TAKE A TERRIBLE TOLL+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(those "gingerbread" houses of haiti are probably all gone) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >solutions needed are< +WARPED PLANE-THIN SHELL+ >tensile-biomorhic< +CYCLONE PROOF STRUCTURE+ >please read my essays on building< >techniques to resist the cyclones< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >google.com (search)< >EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY / +BIOMORPHIC STRUCTURE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +RESILIENT TENSILE STRUCTURE+ (ferro-cement, economy) >i researched and taught this design at s.d.s.u. for over a quarter century. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE+ >should not be symply "style" >even a modernest style<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SAINT CYR SCHOOL+ +versailles, france 18 c.+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >for many different perpectives of >degruy saint cyr school history< google.com : (search) >EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY / +ST. CYR SCHOOL+ ^^^^^^^^^^ +DEGRUY ANCIENT REGIME LINKS+ with french royal association +ARE NUMEROUS & IMPRESSIVE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FOUCHER-LIMOGES-ROCHEOUART+ >as an example links foucher to the >oldest noble family in france< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >with ties to the distinguished< 1) DREUX 2) ALBRET 3) RICHELIEU 4) NOAILLES 5) POLYGNAC >i have written about our links w/ all of these families (please google) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HOUSE OF FOUCHER+ >at the dawn of la belle france< was very powerful and may +MAGNY-FOUCHARD+ (extol-foucher) >account for the chateau title< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FOUCHER SUPPORT OF KING CHARLES+ >viscount foucher crowned< +876+ >limousin and berry< +THE BALD WAS AN EPIC EVENT+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NOAILLES-MAINTENON+ >when king louis xiv mistress, madame mantenon, picked a husband for +SOCIAL CLIMBING+ >her niece (to leave her castle and fortune) she selected ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ADRIEN MAURICE de NOAILLES+ >duke de noailles< +1678-1766+ >of all french nobility to marry< +FRANCOISE AMABLE de ALBIGNY+ +1684-1739+ >the castle was held by their heirs >until the early nineteen eightys< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MANSART, ARCHITECT+ +LE NOTRE , LANDSCAPE+ >are just two of the talents who were +NOAILLES-MAINTENON CASTLE+ >involved at the maintenon castle< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MARQUIS de LAFAYETTE+ (chateau de chavaniac) >was married to our creole linked< +MARIE ADRIENNE FRANCOISE NOAILLES+ whose family featured 3 marshals of france including antoine's somme >shipmate general, winter 1738<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +KING LOUIS PHILLIPE'S+ >french throne and foucher de circe +NEW ORLEANS+ >plantation welcome can be traced +TO LAFAYETTE'S SUPPORT+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(one french group had wanted to make lafayette head of france) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FOUCHER-TOULOUSE+ >the second son of raymond i count of toulouse married into the +FOUCHER de LIMOGES+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DREUX-NAVARRE-+ +FOUCHER+ +PAMPLUME-ALBRET+ >this very rich gumbo on the sp/fr< +LANGUEDOC BORDER+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >results in the magnificent< +FRENCH KING HENRI IV+ >husband of catherine de medici< +VALENTIN MISTRESS+ (diane de poitier) ^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california