in 1846 cpt. montgomery of the us portsmouth hoisted the american flag at this square, now part of the san francisco chinatown. come here on a sunday afternoon and you'll see older chinese men huddled around serious games of xiang qi surely with some gambling going on as i gathered from the reactions when a game is done.

for reasons unknown to me, a monument to robert luis stevenson is central in the square...

shot on fuji provia-f with the canon eos-3 and 28-135 and 75-300mm.