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The New York–Dublin Portal (also simply known as The Portal) was an interactive installation created by Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys to allow people in New York City and Dublin to interact with each other using two 24-hour live streaming video screens (without audio).
The Portal is a series of sculpture attractions which videoconference between one another. Created by Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys, they are large, identical circular sculptures that are located in various public city spaces, connecting two cities together by displaying a livestream of each city along with a camera on top of the screen.
A portal linking New York City to Dublin via a livestream has been temporarily shut down after inappropriate behavior ensued, according to the Dublin City Council.. Less than a week after the 24/7 ...
Thousands of people have visited the two-way livestream portal, which gives a real-time view of New York. The 24/7 stream is situated in north Dublin, facing O’Connell Street, while the American ...
In New York, the portal sculpture is located on the Flatiron South Public Plaza at Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street. The Portals are the brainchild of Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys.
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation describes the artwork: "When it was first planted, Time Landscape portrayed the three stages of forest growth from grasses to saplings to grown trees. The southern part of the plot represented the youngest stage and now has birch trees and beaked hazelnut shrubs, with a layer of wildflowers ...
The Central Library, originally the Ingersoll Memorial Library, is the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library in Brooklyn, New York City.Located on Grand Army Plaza, at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway, it contains over 1.7 million materials in its collection and has a million annual visitors.
CityTime was a New York City contract to build a timekeeping and payroll system for city employees, awarded to SAIC as a no-bid, $63 million contract in 2003. [1] In the following years, the contract ballooned to $700 million, as consultant rates were artificially inflated, and contract terms were adjusted to make the city responsible for "cost overruns".