WESTWOOD VILLAGE & UCLA

+UCLA MEANS MUCH+

+TO MARIANNE & I+

>marianne grew up in westwood village<

>its adjacent town of historical charm<

+(UCLA HAS LEADING L.A.+

+RESEARCH RESOURCES)+

>& my son derek earned his masters<

>degree in its halls of scholarship< 

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+ARTISTRY & RESEARCH+

>was my focus as we checked in the<

>ucla guest house friday for two of<

+(PLONGEON-VINCI+

+NEWTON-CORBU+

+ST. GERMAIN)+ !

>our most rewarding l.a. nights w/<

>templar geomancy vital-crucial<

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>this rare and important book was gifted to<
>to me by my friend, alumnus and current<
+(RARE ALCHEMY REVIEW+
+AT THE FRENCH COURT)+
>sdsu design professor philip matzigkeit<
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 >although i found several profound books<
>to purchase during our l.a. stay this book<
>on the great european alchemist/seer<
+(COUNT de ST. GERMAIN+
+FRENCH court ALCHEMY)+
>was selected from my library to make<
>certain a profound subject prevailed<
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 >the count de st. germain, born in 1712 (contem.)
(w/ the first degruy immigrant) was a prince of<
+(WON SUPPORT OF deGRUY+
+linked KING FRANCOIS 15th)+
>transylvania & extremly gifted in alchemy<
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 >i found this blavatsky lecture clipping in<
>the book which links st. germain to the<
+(the INITIAL deGRUY IN USA+
+was BORN @ FRENCH court)+
>rosicrucian & knights templar history<

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 >in the corridor outside our ucla guest house<
>room, marianne was touched by these 30s<
+(MARIANNE MOVED TO+
+WESTWOOD BY 1937)+
>ucla-westwood village historical photos<
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>marianne's childhood friend's architect father<
>david allison designed this domed bank in<
+(ISABELLE ALLISON was+
+MARIANNE'S FRIEND)+
>westwood that is now a sushi restaurant<
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 >david allison's most famous design on the<
>ucla campus is royce hall a very highly<
+(ALLISON SHOWED "ROYCE+
+HALL" PLANS to MARIANNE)+
>regarded auditorium for music/theatre<

>for sports fans this photo of jackie robinson<
>(center) as a ucla football star provides vital<
+(VITAL EARLY U.S. AFRICAN+
+AMERICAN INTEGRATION)+
>links to brooklyn dodger baseball history<
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 >the fox theatre, is the star tower structure in<
>westwood village (seen here in the distance)<
+FOX CINEMA TOWER+
+A WESTWOOD STAR+
>in our sunday morning photographic survey<
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>sunday morning i photographed david allison's<
>domed (templar influence) bank as it appears<
+(DAVID ALLISON, ARCHITECT+
+WAS A TEMPLAR SCHOLAR)+
>today and suggest allison's templar research<
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 >sunday morning i visited the sculpture exhibition<
>of the romanian artist, andra ursuta at the hammer<
+(STAR MUMMY REF PIECE+
+HAD BEEN REMOVED)+ !!!
>museum looking for her egyptian reference piece<
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 >this transcendental book is the most important<
>reference acquisition of my visit to the getty<
+(VITAL LINK of CORBUSIER+
+DESIGN & PHOTOGRAPHY)+
>center on our arrival friday in los angeles<
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>as we were driving to los angeles i saw an<

>impressive review of jean luc godard's<

+("GOODBY TO LANGUAGE"+

+COLLAGE 3D CINEMA)+ !

>film entry at the cannes film festival< 

>(i shall send links to these reviews)<

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>i include this snap of marianne & i with our<
>generous cavaroc-staigg cousin gary (duke)<
+("LA POUBELLE" FRENCH+
+REST. SAT. NIGHT,  L.A.)+
>clarke who gave me three books, a family<
>tree xerox & two bottles of coppola wine< !
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+GARY'S GRANDFATHER was+
>(george staigg,.. performed<
>original tarzan film scenes)<
+OUR MOTHER'S BROTHER+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu