G-20 Summit Comes To Pittsburgh
Sep 25, 2009 1:19 pm US/Eastern
Protestors Cause Damage To Local Businesses
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―
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A group of protestors turned violent Thursday night in Oakland smashing windows and doors on local businesses.
KDKA
The first day of the G-20 Summit came and went and some homes and businesses suffered damage as a result of protests that got out of hand.
Residents of Bloomfield, Shadyside, Oakland, Lawrenceville, the Strip District and the Friendship-Garfield communities sustained minimal damage in areas where civil disorder ensued.
Business owners are still cleaning up after an incident in Oakland that resulted in 42 people being arrested and multiple businesses on Forbes Avenue being damages.
"My heart sunk when I heard about it last night I couldn't believe they got us.
We thought everything was going to be OK," Michelle Mazzella said.
Mazzella is one of the owners of Pamela's Diner, which suffered three broken windows.
"There's no reason to target us. We work hard. We have loans, we pay bills," Mazzella said.
The list of businesses that were damages on Thursday are:
- PNC Bank at Liberty Avenue and Matilda Street in Bloomfield sustained a broken glass door
- Fidelity Bank at Morewood and Centre Avenues in Shadyside sustained broken glass panes
- P&W BMW Auto Showroom on Baum Blvd. in Bloomfield sustained a broken window pane
- Boston Market Restaurant on Baum Blvd. in Shadyside sustained 10 broken window panes
- KFC on Baum Blvd. in Bloomfield sustained one broken window pane
- Pamela's Diner on Forbes Avenue in Oakland sustained broken windows
- Quizno's Subs on Craig Street in Oakland sustained broken windows
- Irish Design Center on Craig Street sustained broken windows
- PNC Bank on Craig Street in Oakland sustained broken windows
- BNY Mellon on Craig Street sustained broken windows
- Citizens Bank on Craig Street in Oakland sustained broken windows
- Fidelity Bank on Morewood and Centre in Shadyside sustained broken windows/drive-thru
- Panera Bread on Forbes Avenue in Oakland sustained broken windows
- McDonalds on Forbes Avenue in Oakland sustained broken windows
- Brueggars Bagels on Forbes Avenue in Oakland sustained broken windows
- Subway on Forbes Avenue in Oakland sustained broken windows
- Rite Aid on Forbes Avenue in Oakland sustained broken windows
- FedEx on Forbes Avenue in Oakland sustained broken windows
- H&R Block on Atwood in Oakland sustained broken windows
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