His own hometown didn't vote for him, but Donald Trump still has many New Yorkers proud - or, at least, looking on with special interest. Josh Robin describes how Trump's pedigree colored his inauguration.  

The D'Attiles lined up before dawn, native New Yorkers now living in Florida and oozing with pride in someone with a similar worldview. 

"It's great to have a hometown boy taking care of all of us Americans here," said Gregg D'Attile.

That would be Queens-born Donald Trump, whose business changed New York's skyline and was soundly rejected by every borough except Staten Island. 

There weren't too many New Yorkers witnessing Trump become the first New York City-born president since Theodore Roosevelt. There weren't as many people, period, as President Barack Obama's first inauguration. 

The Washington Metro reports fewer than 200,000 trips before this inauguration, compared to more than 300,000 four years ago and 500,000 eight years ago. 

But those who came said America will be helped by someone who knows the Bronx is up and the Battery down. 

"One thing about New Yorkers, especially old-school New Yorkers, is, they get things done. They know how to cut through all the minutia and get to the point," D'Attile said.

"We have a New Yorker as president and her name’s not Hillary. It’s a great day," said Kellyanne Conway, an adviser to the president.

Conway is a longtime New York political strategist who ran Trump's campaign and remains a top advisor. 

NY1 asked whether Trump's plan to spend on major works would include mass transit.  

"Roads, bridges, mass transit. Those tend to be local issues," Conway said. "Infrastructure was a very important piece of his campaign plan, and people respond to that because we don’t make anything in America anymore."

In his speech, Trump did note plans to remake railways, along with roads, bridges and airports. He also lamented an "American carnage" that one can argue is largely at odds with present-day New York, where crime is the lowest it's been in decades.  

Blocks and blocks away on the National Mall, not everyone looking on was a Trump supporter. There were protesters and Hillary Clinton backers who came with an open mind. 

"It kind of hurts a little bit, but I'm hopeful that in the future, some good will come out of it, if not in the next four years. Maybe something will change," said one protester.