WASHINGTON (DC News Now) -- As D.C.'s 'Black Lives Matter' Plaza continues to be ripped up from the pavement north of the White House, messages of support for the movement have poured across several blocks of neighboring sidewalks. After a GOP-controlled Congressional threat to block millions of dollars to D.C. if the mural wasn't removed, yellow block letters spelling out 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' continued to become crumbling scoops of debris Thursday; a fourth day of work. "Things are being wiped away too quickly," Traci Dunn said Thursday afternoon while visiting D.C. from Alabama. ‘If you cut us off, you’re cutting off our future’: Students rally against federal spending plan that would slash DC budget Ahead of a planned protest against the Trump administration Friday, activist and event organizer Josh Johnson reacted to the multi-colored messages of support populating the sidewalks. "Scrape us away. You try to erase us? We'll just move it and we'll keep going, and make it louder. It may start a little subtle, but it's going to grow and grow and grow," Johnson said. Self-described "D.C. transplant" JC said she recalls witnessing 2020 protests after George Floyd's death in her previous hometown Dallas, reflecting on the removal of the District's mural, saying, "It's just a plaza, but there's more to it, I think." JC walked away from 16th Street with a now-broken piece of the mural, which she described as a personal memento of the summer of 2020. "I think it's important. Black lives will always matter whether this plaza is here or not," she said, while noting the chalk messages as well, saying, "I think it's beautiful. I mean, it still matters to people." Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge openings for maintenance Replacing the plaza is expected to last several weeks. As of Thursday, mentions of the plaza's name remained on Google and Apple's digital maps features. Keyonna Jones, one of several artists who painted the yellow letters, recently told DC News Now, "This is a time in history that can't be erased, it may not be here, but the time that happened, happened and it can't be erased." Ben Droz, a D.C.-based photographer said, "I think that we're going to be seeing a lot more tensions between the federal government, and the district government in this [Trump] administration, but, I hope that we'll be able to see ways to work together because we have no other choice." DC News Now asked over one dozen people walking near the mural for comment on its removal and did not hear of any support for the move. We did reach out to the Republican Party of the District of Columbia, and await comment. As for the price? A spokesperson for the DC Department of Transportation said removal and road replacement at the plaza is estimated to cost the district around $610,000 and will be paid from funding already set aside, including to maintain the plaza. ...read more read less