{"id":314825,"date":"2026-10-26T21:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314825\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T21:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:42:10","slug":"philadelphias-the-portal-departs-after-permit-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314825\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia&#8217;s The Portal departs after permit issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/news-team\/ee3b9e0b-c62f-4d02-923c-95c976d19fe9\" aria-label=\"Tasmin Mahfuz profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793050930_523_ee3b9e0b-c62f-4d02-923c-95c976d19fe9_1718896865.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Tasmin Mahfuz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/news-team\/2f6caa0f-21a7-4e78-a320-96ff759ef914\" aria-label=\"Michael Fuller profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793050930_147_2f6caa0f-21a7-4e78-a320-96ff759ef914_1701826026.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Michael Fuller\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>PHILADELPHIA \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">This week is the last chance for Philadelphians to use &#8220;The Portal,&#8221; an installation that allows people to connect with strangers in other countries, before it leaves the city on Saturday.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">&#8220;The Portal&#8221; was moved from New York City to Philadelphia in 2024 as part of &#8220;Philadelphia&#8217;s American 250 Celebrations,&#8221; enabling people to look through a screen and see into another country.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">While there were hopes to keep the installation in Philadelphia longer, the city was unable to extend its permit, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The installation requires a sponsor to cover its $30,000 annual maintenance and connectivity costs.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">There is no word yet on where &#8220;The Portal&#8221; will go next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA \u2014 This week is the last chance for Philadelphians to use &#8220;The Portal,&#8221; an installation that allows&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7923,128403,16172,79,128412,128406,128405,128417,85637,44467,128408,128418,128404,238,128416,28,523,3404,128415,69,128411,71,35529,70,59066,125790,128414,128407,7063,128409,31900,128410,128402,128413,5865,2812],"class_list":["post-314825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-american","tag-american-250","tag-celebrations","tag-city","tag-city-move","tag-city-permit","tag-connectivity-costs","tag-funding-challenge","tag-funding-challenges","tag-installation","tag-international-connection","tag-last-chance","tag-maintenance-costs","tag-new-york-city","tag-other-country","tag-pennsylvania","tag-people","tag-permit","tag-permit-issue","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-celebrations","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-inquirer","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philadelphians","tag-portal","tag-portal-experience","tag-public-installation","tag-saturday","tag-screen-installation","tag-stranger","tag-strangers-abroad","tag-the-portal","tag-urban-exhibit","tag-week","tag-wgal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}