The Globe and Mail

With an asking price of $850,000, the ivy-covered Annex house at 69 Albany Ave. looks like it could be a bargain in one of Toronto's most desirable neighbourhoods. But this Edwardian semi-detached home, last renovated in the 1970s, has an added selling point: Upstairs, in a modest study with a water-damaged wall, is the beat-up desk chair and the manual Smith Corona typewriter used by the late urban thinker Jane Jacobs. The family of the world-famous writer, who changed the way urban planners look at cities and died in April at the age of 89, has put up for sale the house her husband designed and she lived in for 35 years.