According to HuffPost, an attempt to establish a live video connection between New York and Dublin has failed because of disorderly scenes surrounding the portals.
Eight feet in diameter and weighing 3.5 tonnes, a circular screen was installed in each city last week to broadcast live footage from New York’s Flatiron District to Dublin’s bustling O’Connell Street and vice versa.
Ya-Ting Liu, the chief public realm officer for The Big Apple, expressed amazement at the “two amazing global cities” that were “connected in real time and space”.
Lord Mayor Daithí de Róiste of Dublin expressed his wish that his people would “extend an Irish welcome and kindness to cities all over the world.”
Nevertheless, despite the portal facilitating some endearing encounters, such as a mother-daughter reunion and international dancing competitions, a number of individuals engaged in inappropriate behavior .
