Demolition of Insights El Paso Science Museum begins

The demolition of the Insights El Paso Science Center began Monday. (Ruben R. Ramirez / El Paso Times)

Photos: Insights El Paso Science Center demolition

Just after lunchtime on Monday, a backhoe began tearing into the Insights El Paso Science Center, paving the way for a $50 million Downtown ballpark.

At about 1:30 p.m., the first wall of the 22,000-square-foot museum on Santa Fe Street was knocked down, sending debris to the ground and dust skyward.

Once the wall was knocked down the backhoe began to gut out metal framework for scrap.

"It's not going to take them very long to tear the building down," said City

There were only about 10 spectators with their cellphones out. A couple dozen more watched later as the backhoe continued to hollow out the building, but most of them were city employees returning to the old City Hall building, which will soon be demolished, too.

"I was curious to see them take down the building," said Omar Farfan, a resident. "I was excited to watch. I just wanted to see how they do it."

Another spectator was Cesar Lopez, who works for FALC Enterprises, a local trucking company.

Lopez said he hopes his company is one of those that will be subcontracted to carry away

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Demolition of Insights El Paso Science Museum begins