GGG - Confirming the boundaries of the GGG "Triple Triangle"

The GGG is a triangle comprised of 12 stones, 4 of which define a right triangle that is bisected into two additional right triangles.  The distances between the 4 arranged stones has been previously quantified and shown to prove the three right triangles (see HERE).  The 12 stones and 4 stones connected by vectors are below:

The 3 triangles are defined by the green, blue and yellow vectors.  The two red vectors connect the triple triangle to the Statue of Liberty pier entrance and to the Conde Nast Building at 42nd and Broadway.  Those 3 points define the greater right triangle of the WD Gann Memorial Triangle.  Stone number 3 marks Mr. Gann's grave.

The above triangle is not, in any respect, representative of the currently available map of the Freemason section of Green-Wood Cemetery (section 129).  Here is the portion of section 129 in which we find Mr. Gann's lot (lot number 37747 is circled in red):

 When I first viewed that section of GWC in Google Earth, I could identify landmarks (the rows of stones in differing directions), the Great Tree, the border streets that allowed me to find the location of the stones and that of Mr. Gann.  I was also looking for a perfectly aligned  series of 7 stones that I had noted when I visited the site on June 21, 2015.  The triangle appeared to be entirely independent and inconsistent with the GWC layout.

To determine the layout of the location of Mr. Gann's stone relative to the GWC map layout, I revisited GWC on August 2, 2015.  I found Mr. Gann's grave was actually stone 3 in the "triple triangle" in the first illustration above.  In addition, I took pictures and gathered distance information for each of the 12 stones and several other stones.  Following is the Google Earth triple triangle with each stone identified plus 4 stones that define the boundaries of the triangle.

A comparison of the above layout finds most of the stones, above, on the GWC layout.  But there isn't any correspondence between their relative location.  For example, the stone that should be right of Mr. Gann's is lot number 37732 according to the GWC map.  It is not.  Lot 37732 is on the left of Mr. Gann's stone.  All of the stones are missarranged.  The Google Earth shots show there is an arrangement of the stones that is vastly dissimilar to the map.

In addition, there are border stones to the triangle and the 12 aligned stones.  Enclosed within the red square above there is a hidden stone that is perfectly aligned with stones 11 and 12.  However, both the Great Tree and another small tree/shrub obscure the stone from ariel view.  Here is a picture of the back of the stone (lot 37318) that is in the red square:

Standing in front of the stone where the casket is placed, the small tree covers the front of the stone making it near unreadable.  The tree is planted a mere 8 or 10 inches from the stone as I recall.  The annual maintenance of GWC calls for all locations to be maintained, grass cut and made presentable.  This is a prominent dissimilarity of this stone from the otherwise aligned stones 11 and 12.

Enclosed within the yellow square is a stone that precedes the first row of 7 stones and, from the aerial picture, may appear to be aligned with the 7.  It is not.  I enumerated that stone as number 0 and evaluated its alignment.  Here is a picture taken from the side of the stone looking down the line of 7 stones in the front row:

Stone 0, viewed from its right side, is markedly left of the row of 7 stones (the side of stone 1 is the first stone above stone 0).  In addition, stone 0 does not have any leafs, flowers or markings on its face except for the persons buried there:

The red and yellow outlined stones discussed above define the left side of the triple triangle.  There are stones on the right (see green arrows below) and lower side of the triangle that define those two sides:

Within those borders, we find 12 stones in 3 rows that are aligned and facing Lower Manhattan AND all of which contain a flower, petals or leaves as previously discussed.  Those are the 12 stones that are the triple triangle.

Somehow, by someone, these stones have been arranged contrary to the GWC intention or ongoing records.  The lots were purchased at different times, as much as 3 decades apart, and there isn't any indication of re burial (there would be some similarity of burial dates as re buried persons are reassigned the later date in the records).

I did not address the question of whether or not there is a 13th stone above stones 11 and 12 and obscured by the tree.  It does not appear likely but I cannot rule it out.  It will require another trip.

Jim Ross