Press Photo by Jim MarshHeavy equipment operators begin the demolition of the former Bon-Ton department store at the South Mall March 3 to make way for a new Giant grocery superstore, pharmacy and gasoline facility to be built on the site later this year. The new Giant will replace the current Giant facility at 3015 W. Emmaus Ave., Allentown.

By March 7, the former Bon-Ton department store at South Mall is reduced to rubble by heavy equipment operators. The site will see a new Giant superstore to be built later this year, replacing the Giant store at 3015 E. Emmaus Ave., Allentown. The building, built in 1971, originally housed a suburban location of Hess’s department store and was known as Hess’s South.Press Photo by Jim Marsh