{"id":262809,"date":"2026-08-10T19:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/262809\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T19:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:56:08","slug":"the-philadelphia-portal-is-moving-out-of-city-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/262809\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Portal is moving out of City Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to article \u2022\u00a00:00 min<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">City Hall will wave farewell to Ireland, Lithuania, and Poland. After almost two years, the Portal \u2014 the video art installation that shows livestreams of people in other countries \u2014 must move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Brought from New York City in 2024, the 3.5-ton circular video screen first found a home in LOVE Park until <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/philadelphia\/philly-portal-vandalism-love-park-moving-20250325.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">vandalism <\/a>prompted its relocation to the City Hall courtyard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Now, their permit is running out. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">\u201cWe would have been happy to keep it at City Hall courtyard, but as we understand, the city has prior commitments for the winter market, so they are just not able to extend the permit,\u201d said Nicolas Klaus, CEO of Portals.org <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The portal\u2019s permit is set to expire on Oct. 31; the city did not immediately respond to a request for comment. So, <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"http:\/\/portals.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Portals.org<\/a> is looking for a sponsor that can help house and relocate it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Sponsors can be public or private \u2014 such as nonprofits, foundations, cultural institutions, or local businesses \u2014 and can work collaboratively to house the portal as long as they can provide:<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary \">An area preferably accessible to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary \">Cover the cost of relocating the portal as well as \u201cminor refurnishing work,\u201d Klaus said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary \">Sponsor the yearly cost of maintaining the portal and paying for the 24\/7 connection, which can be about $30,000 a year, Klaus said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">If a new home isn\u2019t found by the end of September, Philly runs the risk of losing the Portal to a different city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">\u201cWe are in contact with a few different cities, but Philadelphia is our first option; it\u2019s the right place for the Portal,\u201d Klaus said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The Philly Portal is the only one of its kind in North America, and has continued to add connections to new countries. Earlier this year, windows to the Philippines and Brazil were added to the City Hall livestream. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">\u201cThe attraction that the Portal provides is not the portal itself; it\u2019s the human connection it facilitates,\u201d Klaus said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to article \u2022\u00a00:00 min City Hall will wave farewell to Ireland, Lithuania, and Poland. 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