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Many Bellaire streets, such as "Holly," "Holt," "Maple," and "Pine," are named after trees. The word "Holt" means a small grove or a forest of trees.<ref>Rust, Carol. "[http://web.archive.org/web/20120617072801/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1997_1407015 Houston has street sense (and nonsense as well)]" ([http://www.webcitation.org/6hWWLP7Zz Archive]). ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Wednesday April 16, 1997. Houston 1. Retrieved on October 26, 2011.</ref>
One community in Bellaire, South dale, was developed by William G. Farmington, the developer of [[Tanglewood, Houston|Tanglewood]]. South dale was originally developed in the late 1940s with two bedroom houses. The houses were marketed to [[World War II]] veterans. The houses were about four times less expensive than the around $25,000-each (${{inflation|USD|25000|1948<!--Using it as approximation - Year 1948 is not mentioned in article, just "late 1940s"-->|r=2}} in today's money) Tangle wood houses.<ref name="Bigger houses">Fester, Katherine. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2003_3640010 Bigger houses transforming neighborhood]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Sunday March 30, 2003. Business 8. Retrieved on October 13, 2012.</ref> Another subdivision in Bellaire is named "Broad Acres."<ref>[[Khou.com]]. "[http://www.khou.com/news/crime/Bellaire-Pricey-UofH-themed-jewelry-among-items-swiped-from-Broad-Acres-home-129156283.html Broad Acres: Pricey U of H-themed jewelry among items swiped from home]."{{deadlink}}<!--Archive dot is WRDHT --> [[KHOU-TV]]. November 20, 2012. Retrieved on November 20, 2012.</ref>
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