The public will decide the future home of the Portal sculpture, which connects Philadelphia to European cities via livestream.
One option is its current place in LOVE Park. The other is just across the street in the City Hall courtyard. Fans can vote for their preferred spot at voteportals.org. A final decision is expected in the next week.
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The Portal only recently came back online after a nearly two-month hiatus. The installation had been closed since February due to vandalism. Surveillance video captured a suspect cutting and removing copper wire from the sculpture in the early morning hours of Feb. 1; he later transported the clipped wire in a trash can with three others.
Despite the issues, which hadn't occurred at previous Portal locations, the sculpture's stewards pledged to keep it in Philadelphia for at least the next two years, including for the semiquincentennial in 2026. The Portal may move closer to Independence Hall for those celebrations.
Following a stay in New York, the Portal launched in LOVE Park in October 2024. It connects pedestrians with peers standing in front of their own Portal sculptures in Dublin; Vilnius, Lithuania; and Lublin, Poland, depending on the time of day.
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