GREENWICH VILLAGE — New Yorkers gathered in Washington Square Park on Saturday to mourn and show support to the victims of Friday's terror attacks in Paris.
New Yorkers turned out in droves to show support to Paris.
Here is how New Yorkers showed Paris their love and support.
One by one, people added flowers to create a wall of roses.
One person left a little monument, featuring France's long-ago gift to the United States.
Messages in chalk and on paper covered the ground by the park's iconic arch.
They left bouquets of flowers and wrote messages in chalk.
An afternoon rally on Saturday drew hundreds of people.
People flew the French flag.
They sung the French national anthem.
Cities in Iraq, Lebanon and Kenya were also attacked on Friday, and New Yorkers grieved those losses as well.
Handmade signs said "peace" in French.
A young woman carried a sign for her "bruised neighborhood," referencing one of the areas hit by terrorists in Paris.
New Yorkers drew connections between the two cities.
A woman carried a sign that read, in French, "Don't give in to fear."
The crowds gathered under the arch and around the fountain.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and French Consul General Bertrand Lortholary attended the vigil.
A woman carried a sign for "victims of religious fundamentalism."
ISIS claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks, as well as an earlier attack that day in Beirut, Lebanon.
The city lit the Washington Square Park arch, modeled after the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, in the colors of the French flag Saturday night.
The signs and chalk messages remained as it got dark.
People continued to come and pay tribute through the night.
The French flag was hung from the arch as well.
Though the lights and crowds were gone on Sunday, the French flag still hung from the arch, and the messages of love remained.
"From one great city to another."
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