Newscopy: "ONCE THE CENTER OF TOWN - Here was the plaza of the new city of San Francisco, and near the corner you may see the front of the famous Bella Union theater and dance hall where 'Lotta' charmed the golden coins from the pockets of miners. At a later date Robert Louis Stevenson sat upon the grass at this spot, as many do now, and dreamed dreams. There is romance and appeal in this old picture, one of the most prized in the collection of the Pacific Gas and Electric company, through whose courtesy it is reproduced here."
