Construction crews began tearing into the ground of Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., Monday as onlookers watched the two blocks of 16th Street near the White House transform. “It’s disappointing.

Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, ordered the painting and renamed the intersection Black Lives Matter Plaza as a public act of defiance in June 2020

Crews began its reconstruction plans around Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House in Northwest D.C. on Monday morning.