A homeless man who plays piano on Maiden Lane in Windsor has been evicted from his makeshift home in an alley behind the Pelissier Street parking garage.
"They just ripped out all of his belongings and scattered them," said a tearful Kate Isley, who just recently rented a piano for Jarrod Zavitz.
Isley, who works at a home decor store on Maiden Lane, set up the electronic piano to help Zavitz in front of the store.
She said trucks and workers with the city came to evict the man's belongings under the watchful of eye of two police officers Wednesday morning.
According to Isley, Zavitz had been living in a fenced off area in the alley. This morning, some remnants of sheets remained at the site along with a vehicle seat laying in the alley.
"We have alley lights that are supposed to be put up..and yet they sit in a room waiting to be put up, but the City of Windsor can come and rip up someone's home," opined Isley, who wants to know who called the city to complain about him.
"Today it's a little bittersweet to see that and to see this today..it hurts my heart a little bit to know he doesn't have that sanctuary anymore," said TJ Bondy, a chef at A Dog's Breakfast restaurant.
Isley isn't sure where Zavitz went to. She is now concerned about his safety. CBC has not yet been able to get a comment from the city or Zavitz.