There were no signs indicating that we were approaching the site of tragic attack on the World Trade Center.  We walked through an enclosed walkway in this commercial building.

This is the view from the walkway in that building.

Another view from the walkway of that building.  I didn't know what to expect.  There was a hole about five stories deep and at least two blocks square.

The walkway started out quite fancy, with marble floor, and ended rather primitively, with scaffolding and a metal roof.  At the end of the walkway was a small piece of scaffolding covered with memorabilia.  I imagine that the city was covered with this sort of thing shortly after the disaster. 

A detail of the scaffolding showing a photo taken 9/10/01.

The buildings around the site were damaged and some were being repaired.

This is a memorial to the Port Authority employees, taken through a chain link fence.

This is a poster on the the fence overlooking the disaster site.  The posters tell the history of the area,  and maybe even the history of Manhattan.

The sign on the building on the other side of the site says that the rebuilding continues.

On the left is the disaster site, and the fence with the posters of the history of the area.  On the right of the walkway is this wall that says post no bills.  I imagine that if it were allowed, this wall would be plastered with expressions of grief like those on the small piece of scaffolding pictured above. 

I thought that the structure with the wavy horizontal roof would be a pavilion memorializing the events of September 11, but it was the World Trade Center train station.

This plaque was displayed on the wall outside the fire station.  I believe these men lost their lives in the September 11, 2001, attack.

From under the wavy roof of the World Trade Center train station.

This tree was uprooted during the September 11 explosions.

I have seen photos of this graveyard shortly after the attack.  The ashes were knee deep and falling like snow.