San Francisco’s Historic ‘Relief Cottages,’ Built After the 1906 Earthquake, Are Hidden in Plain Sight

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Jane Cryan walked into a leasing agency on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco just before closing one evening in 1982.

She was looking for an apartment that could accommodate her grand piano. The flat she was inquiring about had already been rented, but the agent asked if she’d be interested in a cottage out in the Sunset District…

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