Portal To The World Stops In Philly
by Alex Lloyd Gross
It has been described at “neat,cool and awesome”. It is a giant live screen that shows people in different cities to people in front of it, and it’s at LOVE Park in center city Philadelphia. People can spend time, just watching the signs and seeing how people interact with those around the world.
There are portals in Poland, Lithuania and Ireland. The giant circular screen has a camera built in and beams images from Philadelphia to other cities.
At times it’s boring, as there are no people on the other side. When people show up and stay a bit, that’s where the fun is. Philadelphians will make hand signals and have those signals returned by total strangers. Most people are waving, or giving thumbs up. A few make hearts with their hands.
Alex Lloyd Gross Photo-Delaware Valley News.com A view into Europe, from LOVE Park.
The portal was in New York for a short while , until New Yorker’s started to make vulgar gestures towards other people.
It’s free and fun. For those folks that like people watching, it’s really off the hook. Especially if people on the other side show up with their pets or drive up in a car. Some people will take signs and display them to the people on the other side of the world.