Copley Square reopened Wednesday morning, more than a week after the Boston Marathon bombings. During the day, people returned to the area which had remained deserted as investigators combed the scene. Click through the gallery to see Copley Square’s first busy day since the attack. Pictured: Vehicles moved up Dartmouth Street and customers and staff returned to The Fairmont Copley Plaza as Boylston Street was opened to the public again on Wednesday, April 24.

Boston police officers removed street barricades as Boylston Street was reopened to the public at 3:30 a.m.

The makeshift memorial in Copley Square remained after the reopening of Boylston Street.

People used the entrance to the Copley Square T stop for the first time since the station closed on April 15.

Messages were left on boards at the relocated memorial in Copley Square.

A flag waved in the wind atop a memorial on Boylston Street as police and pedestrians moved around the area.

Starbucks employees gathered outside the store at 755 Boylston St. Earlier the group had walked to the relocated memorial and hung up a company apron, with written sentiments and flowers in the pockets. Barista Lauren Sobolewski, who works at another store location, hugged shift manager Justin Pessolano.

Employees greeted people outside of Trader Joe’s on Boylston Street as businesses opened and traffic was allowed to flow all the way down Boylston Street for the first time since the Boston Marathon bombings.

Workers cleaned the windows of a business on Boylston Street while a Boston police officer looked on.

Antonio DaSilva of Woburn cleaned a mark made on the entrance to a Boylston Street building.

People gathered at the site of the first bombing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Wendy’s District Manager Pico Kouhail (left) and coworker Andrew Cole hung an open sign on their Boylston Street restaurant on after the street reopened to the public.

A man took down a broken window above the site of the first explosion.

A woman walked her children wearing wings in front of the site of the first explosion.

A medal from the Boston Marathon was seen at the site of the first bombing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Men worked on making repairs to businesses near the site of the second bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

People gathered at the site of the first bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon to take photographs and pay respects.

Hillary Branyik, 22, of Boston knelt at the site of the first explosion.

A woman and two children hugged at the site of the first bombing.

A man worked on making repairs to businesses near the site of the second bombing.