Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco was filled with thousands of Bay Area residents Tuesday morning watching the presidential inauguration progress on a big screen.
The orderly crowd included plenty of folding chairs, strollers and vendors hawking T-shirts and buttons.
Some attendees dressed for work, but other wore beads, flags and festive hats usually seen on New Year's Eve or Fourth of July.
Tony Imperial, director of NextArts, the cultural organization that sponsored the event, said this is the only outdoor simulcast in San Francisco, and estimated that up to 8,000 people will show up.
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