It started as an ordinary D.C. intersection, with a modest white church on the corner and an unobstructed view of the White House.

WASHINGTON – The shrill, metallic banging noises of a jack hammer echoed around the White House on Monday as crews started removing the large, yellow Black Lives Matter mural down the street from the president's home.

The Black Lives Matter Plaza mural in Washington, D.C., has disappeared as the plaza’s reconstruction nears completion, just weeks after crews began alterations.