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It's really disheartening to see people misusing "The Portal" artwork. The piece is meant to foster cultural understanding and diversity by connecting us to another country, but instead, some are just using it inappropriately. Maybe another city would have been a better choice, given New York's reputation for unpredictable and sometimes uncomfortable behavior. It's a missed opportunity for genuine cultural exchange.
I second the idea of making it something that actively has to be found and intentionally visited. Planting it in the Flat Iron District of Manhattan may have seemed like a good idea because of the foot traffic and liveliness, but as pointed out, New York's population is unpredictable. Apparently it was not just the NY side that misbehaved.
I'd like to see it reopened soon and hope that it will be enjoyable rather than a nuisance to the local authorities trying to manage people acting out for 30 seconds of attention.
I am also very curious to see how it would evolve (or devolve) if we were just left to our own devices and not managed. It would be a very interesting experiment of human behavior.