Professionals are moving into downtown Pittston offices
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ccoutrements such as streetscape, period lighting, brick crosswalks, vintage signage and retro building facades are fine. But everyone involved in the revitalization effort in Pittston agrees the key to success is attracting people to the city to live and work. In the past few months, several professionals have, in fact, moved into offices in the city. Bill Anzalone, Jr., 36, a forensic psychologist, moved from Wilkes-Barre into the Reilly Building, formerly the Dime Bank, last month and he’s glad he made the move. “The main reason I moved to Pittston,” Anzalone said, “was the revitalization of downtown and how bright and safe it feels in the evenings. And the Dime Bank building was far beyond what my expectations were when I walked in for the first time. They did a fantastic job and I couldn’t be happier with my office.” Though he grew up in Plains,
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gree in psychology from Lafayette College and a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Nova Southeastern University in Florida. In Florida, he helped start the first Mental Health Court in the country. When he heard Luzerne County wanted to start a Mental Health Court modeled on the county’s successful Drug Court, he applied and was hired to create a court here. “The mental health court takes non-violent offenders diagnosed with serious mental illnesses out of county jail into community health programs,” Anzalone said. He worked for the Luzerne County Mental Health Court from May 2007 to January 2010, and then went into private practice in Wilkes-Barre before the move to Pittston. He still consults for the mental health court. His wife Jennifer is an attorney for the Social Security Administration. Former District Attorney Jackie Musto-Carroll opened a
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graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1994 and lived and worked in Florida, Anzalone feels connected to Greater Pittston. He lives in Jenkins Township and has deep roots in the Oregon section of Pittston where his grandfathers lived after immigrating from Italy. His father is Atty. Bill Anzalone and his mother is the former Tina Medico. Anzalone said the Reilly Building and downtown Pittston are great locations. “There’s easy access to a lot of things,” he said. “I walk to lunch, the bank, the post office. There aren’t many offices in Luzerne County like that. It’s a big convenience.” Though he’s been downtown only a month, Anzalone has discovered a lot of spots. “I have lunch at the Coffeetable a lot. I love Sabatelle’s. It’s not open for lunch, but I love Palazzo’s, too.” Pittston’s centrality is another plus for Anzalone. “A lot of my clients are lawyers from WilkesBarre and Scranton,” he said. Anzalone earned a bachelor’s de-
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Pizza Cucina, the Coffeetable, Napoli’s and the Gramercy.” The Sciandra building at 159 S. Main St. is a little below the completed streetscape area which extends to Market Street. “It looks beautiful down there with the nice cross walks and lighting,” Dessoye said of the streetscape area. “We’d like to see it continued down here.” Dessoye may get his wish. A phase three of streetscape which would beautify Main Street to Columbus Avenue is designed and shovel ready, but not yet funded, though the city is committed to finding a funding source. Chiropractor Dr. Frank Colella is another newcomer to Pitt-
ston, though not by choice. He was forced out of West Pittston by the flood and is now in the Main Street Commons Building at 135 S. Main St., across from Sabatelle’s. He moved in on September 27. Colella’s heart is still in West Pittston, but he likes what he sees in Pittston. “It’s gorgeous, at night especially. There’s a lot more activity. They’re doing a great job bringing the downtown back. And the building is beautiful and my patients are coming back.”
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Another business new to Pittston is Polit and Costello Dentistry on North Main which was also displaced from West Pittston by the flood. In addition to the professionals moving into offices, there is a trend of business owners remodeling and moving into apartments above their storefronts. Three examples are Antonio and Tiffany Castiglione who live with their two daughters above their business, Napoli’s Pizza; Chris and Beth Barcia and their three children who live part-time above Palazzo and Chris Scoda of Advanced Arms who also lives above his business with his family.
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