Infill controversy

Edwards Development has created quite a stir by trashing several small but functional houses on East Jefferson. The replacement home lacks much architectural appeal and is a real eyesore for the immediate neighbors who must now see nothing but a huge blank wall for their entire east view.
The original house was bought by Edwards in March 06 for $218,000. It is listed at the St. Louis county real estate web site as having been built in 1942, had 1029 sq ft of space and had 2 bedrooms and 5 total rooms. The lot was reasonably generously sized for the neighborhood at 59' frontage, and a very deep 231' to the back line (0.31 acres). In many respects it was quite typical of the homes on the block where the median age was 60 years (range 51 to 156 years) and the average lot size is 0.22 acre (range 0.17 to 0.36 acres). [data again from the county web site revenue.stlouisco.com]
Edwards has also bought three other homes immediately adjacent to this home, addresses 544, 548 and 529 E. Jefferson.