A piece of glass artwork outside of Downtown Erie's Julius Restaurant was destroyed late Tuesday night, with the owner believing it was vandalism.

Julio Reyes, the owner of the Julius restaurant, formerly known as the Maennerchore Club, says the art was created by his daughter, and was worth around $5,000.

Reyes says this is the latest in a series of crimes in the area, with his own front door being broken into in November of last year.

Down the street, Reyes says the Performing Arts Collective Alliance, had a window broken just two weeks ago.

"I believe it is vandalism because unfortunately, this is not the first time that my property has sustained some damages," said Reyes. "Somebody broke into the front door of the building and damaged the two doors."

Reyes also says the glass was too heavy to be blown down by wind or other natural causes, saying it was too heavy to be blown over. Reyes also says it was securely anchored into the ground, and other glass artworks on the property were unaffected.

Reyes also says he has footage of the vandal on his security cameras.

He says there are currently no plans to add additional security measures.

"I'm not going to put up bars. I'm not going to put anything," said Reyes. "I'm expecting that people will be really more respectful."

Reyes says there are even plans to expand his outdoor art collection.

"We have a few ideas, you can see other pieces around, the masks, the other glass [artworks]," said Reyes. "We are working on this sculpture. We are going to continue building the best courtyard in the City of Erie."