Ironically, the WTC site/new construction site sits right behind the graveyard at St. Paul's Chapel. The only thing that saved the church on 9/11 was a huge tree that ended up catching pieces of building debris and eventually fell over under the weight.
Half-frozen commuters trudging up from the World Trade Center subway station in boots, hats, mittens, and umbrellas (the New Yorker's version of a windshield wiper).