+DEDICATION+
>for tonights blog to our de Bore ancestor<
+CHARLES GAYARRE+
>brillient historian who wrote the exellent<
>Harpers Weekly account of life on the<
>early Foucher deBore plantation<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+NEW ORLEANS 1895+
>magic happened<
+FOUCHER de BORE PLANTATION+
>was the site of the world<
+COTTON CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the first electric lights were turned<
>on in the city of new orleans<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+PLEASE IMAGINE THE REACTION+
>transcendental manifestation<
+WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GRATITUDE+
>for historical photographs to the<
>fine "New Orleans Architecture"<
+VOLUME VIII+
>"The University Section" issue<
>by the Friends Of The Cabildo<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ARTISTRY+
>is what i find best about architecture<>and my orientation is similar to the<
>French architect Lecorbusier<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GEOMANCY+
>and Graphics are essential<
>to the "Metaphysique"<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+IRAN LIBRARY+
>my design for this competition reflects<
>thinking i would bring to the Worlds<
(+RADIANT ASPECTS+)
>Cotton Centennial Festival building<
>if rebuilt in old New Orleans<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FOUCHER deBORE+
>plantation site used for the fair was<
>a family group related to our own<
#1) +SCHOLARSHIP+
#2) +SUGAR PROCESS+
>Verloin deGruy and importat to<
>the history of New Orleans<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+LAFCADIO HEARN+
>was my favorite writer to describe the<
>atmosphere of New Orleans and also<
+GOOGLE+
>his excitement of seeing the fair<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+LOUIS PHILIPPE+
>visited the foucher plantation at the end<
>of the eighteenth century and as i have<
+GOOGLE+
>pointed out brought templar-masonic<
>design thinking to new orleans<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SAMUEL WILSON, FAIA+
>my friend, i consider the greatest historian<>to ever write about new orleans design<
(+HE SENT ME deGRUY+
+FAMILY HISTORY+)
>is deceased but his crucial research<
>in France shall live forever<^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SYNCHRONISTICALLY+
>in the 1980s i designed a horticulture<
>building in a competition w/ locus<
>at the other major NOLA park<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SYNCHRONISTICALLY+
>at Tulane University, located also on the<
>site of the Foucher deBore plantation<
+1967-1969+
>was the locus of my design of<
+RADIANT PROJECTS+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MEXICAN PAVILION+
>was my favorite at the 1895 fair and the<
+DOME ROOF+
>reflects the Templar-Masonic thinking<
>brought to NOLA by Louis Philippe<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+REMEMBER+
>the degruy sugar dome was built<
>when louis philippe came to old<
+NEW ORLEANS+
>one hundred years earlier<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+HORTICULTURE HALL+
>was the most important building at the fair<
>but i am sorry to say was too boxy to<
>express its thematic importance<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+AUGUSTUS le PLONGEON+
>and his wife Alice came to new orleans<
>to try convincing fair authorities to<
>build Mayan Temple facsimiles<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>TEMPLE CASTINGS+
>were made and brought to NOLA<
>but the financing was not found<
>to rebuild those magnificent<
+JUNGLE+
>structures to the south<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+UNFORTUNATLY+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu
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