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This vacant Harrisburg office building at North Seventh and Reily streets will be imploded Sunday morning.

(Submitted photo)

UPDATE, Sunday 9:30 a.m.: The Bertolino Building has been imploded and crews are working on clean-up at the site. Check back to PennLive.com for photos and videos of the implosion.

The vacant Bertolino Building at North Seventh and Reily streets in Harrisburg will be imploded on Sunday morning to make way for a 219-space parking lot.

The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency bought that property in September to provide more parking for its 2,500 employees who work in its North Seventh Street headquarters.

The former office building will be imploded around 7 a.m. on Sunday. North Seventh Street from Clinton to Herr street will be closed to traffic for a half hour before and a half hour after the event, said PHEAA spokesman Keith New.

The area outlined in red is identified as the "exclusion zone" where people will be asked to remain indoors and at least six feet away from windows while the Bertolino Building is imploded around 7 a.m. Sunday.

The contractor, Controlled Demolition Inc., has notified any business or residence in what it has identified as the "exclusion zone" to remain in doors and at least six feet away from windows or to evacuate the area while the implosion is performed. New said PHEAA also plans to provide notice as well.

The six-story Bertolino Building built in 1990 was last occupied by employees of the state Department of Public Welfare.