WASHINGTON - The celebration is over. Now it's time to clean up.

Crews started that huge task Wednesday along the National Mall and elsewhere in the city.

After the crowds left the mall area, D.C. public works said it alone removed 90 tons of trash. No word on exactly how much contractors for the inaugural committee removed from the mall.

"It's been a lot of trash paper along the streets we don't picked all that up," said one woman.

Teams of $7.00 an hour temp workers were back at seven this morning after working until midnight last night, but as one put it: "It's for Obama, it's for our people it's all good we're working on that community thing so get started it good," said Ralph Ugo.

Across the panorama of the mall, a number of people still talked of the excitement of what happened here, from tourists passing through to workers packing away the phones and other equipment from TV broadcasts.

"The excitement of putting it up is better than taking it down, the excitement of seeing what's gonna happen, knowing you're a part of history," said Bill Baker of ABC News.

So this went on Wednesday for miles from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial an event in size and excitement this city may not see for some time to come. As some worked to break down, others were building up. Another big event coming to town Thursday, they're getting ready for the annual Right to Life march.

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