People across Pittsburgh and the surrounding area are lighting up their homes and buildings on Tuesdays while applauding frontline workers serving and caring for people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizing under the hashtag #LOVEFROMPGH, lights flickered on from apartment balconies to the Cathedral of Learning to Heinz Field to show appreciation for those working to keep help others during the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers plan on continuing the event on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. going forward. “Our goal is really, besides thanking the essential workers, to create a sense of community,” said organizer Evelyn Castillo, who made a heart of lights in her Squirrel Hill window for the event. Read more about “Illumination Ovation” here.
Jena-Anne Sabom looks out towards the Pittsburgh skyline after participating in an “Illumination Ovation,” Tuesday, April 7, 2020, from her neighborhood of Mount Washington.PNC Park is lit with the scoreboard showing the #LOVEFROMPGH graphic during Illumination Ovation on Tuesday. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Barb and Robert Rubinstein, of Squirrel Hill, stand outside their home with their dog Rasta and applaud to celebrate front-line employees fighting against COVID-19 on Tuesday. (Christian Snyder/Post-Gazette)Priya Manoher stands in his doorway Tuesday in Squirrel Hill. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Leslie Wright, of Squirrel Hill, lights candles to celebrate front-line employees fighting against COVID-19 on Tuesday. (Christian Snyder/Post-Gazette)PNC Park is lit with the scoreboard showing the #LOVEFROMPGH graphic during Illumination Ovation on Tuesday. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Leslie Miller cheers for front-line workers during the Illumination Ovation event outside her home on Mt. Royal Road in Squirrel Hill. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Heinz Field is lit with the scoreboard showing the #LOVEFROMPGH graphic during “Illumination Ovation” Tuesday, on the North Shore. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
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