why did dunlavy park change to "ervan chew" park?

[torvald]

why did dunlavy park change to ervan chew park? and when?

who or what is an "ervan chew"?

Edited October 26, 2006 by torvald

[gnu]

  torvald said:

why did dunlavy park change to ervan chew park? and when?

who or what is an "ervan chew"?

sometime in 2000 i think.

he was a boy scout scoutmaster and also volunteered for a lot of charity organizations.

he unexpectedly died in '99 when he was in his forties.

[musicman]

occasionally parks are renamed as a result of someone drumming up support for the name change. If there are no protests then it goes through...otherwise it doesn't.

I know the park by me used to be Southmayd Park and now it is Ingrando Park.

[sevfiv]

well, chron.com's search engine is dead, but i pulled this from another search - i'll post the chron link later, if possible:

City renames Dunlavy Park for Ervan Chew

Houston Chronicle

February 28, 2000

Author: CARLOS BYARS; Staff

Estimated printed pages: 2

Dunlavy Park in southwest Houston has been renamed in honor of Ervan Chew, a man considered by many to be an outstanding volunteer and a notable member of Houston's Chinese American community.

Chew died in January 1999 after a brief illness. He was 42.

A wet, chilly morning failed to dampen the spirits of the large group of friends who attended Saturday's renaming ceremony and witness the unveiling of a new marker identifying the playground and baseball field at 4502 Dunlavy as Ervan Chew Park.

The park was acquired in 1945 and, like the street, named for Herbert D. Dunlavy, who was killed in World War I.

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also: http://www.houstontx.gov/parks/doggiepark.html

Ervan Chew, located at 4502 Dunlavy (Key Map 492Z), was the first neighborhood park in Houston to allow dogs to legally run free, off-leash in a designated dog zone.

Edited October 26, 2006 by sevfiv

[gonzo1976]

I have a problem with renaming something that was already named after someone. But since we already have a Dunlavy Street, I didn't have much of a problem with the renaming of Dunlavy Park.

[dbigtex56]

Another thread addressed this issue here.

[sevfiv]

here's that link i couldn't get earlier:

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive....id=2000_3198069

[torvald]

  sevfiv said:

The park was acquired in 1945 and, like the street, named for Herbert D. Dunlavy, who was killed in World War I.

no offense to mr. chew but what about herbert dunlavy?

  dbigtex56 said:

Another thread addressed this issue here.

i did a search to see if this was already addressed

but that thread did not appear for some reason.

  sevfiv said:

here's that link i couldn't get earlier:

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive....id=2000_3198069

mimi chew!

i love that name!

my name is boring.

[sevfiv]

he died quite young (42) of encephalitis, which seems odd

here is more about ervan chew:

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive....id=1996_3112379

After Chew's mother died when he was 6, an aunt took him under her wing. Jennifer Chew Biancardi thought her nephew would look cute in a Cub Scout uniform, so she signed him up.

[dbigtex56]

  torvald said:

no offense to mr. chew but what about herbert dunlavy?

I agree. And it's a sad commentary on Houston that we have so few new parks that the old ones have to 'un-named' in order to honor the current crop of admirable people.

So much for immortality.