a combining form meaning âthat which carriesâ the thing specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: aquifer; conifer; foraminifer. Origin of -fer. < Latin, derivative of ferre to bear1, in L generally forming adjectives; the corresponding E adjectives add -ous; see -ferous.
About thirty years later, the modern neighborhood of Glenbrook Valley took shape. With the launch of. the new Gulf Freeway, the first freeway in Texas, in 1948, Houstonians began to move out of the city. center and into planned neighborhoods of single-family homes.
On November 9, 1953, the City of Houston purchased 10.97 acres from the Atlantic Building Corporation and Lynn Realty Company. Developed as parkland for the subdivisions being built along Bellfort Boulevard and Mykawa Road, it came to be called Edgewood Park. As with all public parks, Edgewood has seen its share of hard use as a recreational facility, and has been redeveloped periodically as a result. The community center, which was built in 1959, received a new roof in 1972.