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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 19:25:35 GMT
Oh, how pleasant.
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Post by bjd on Jan 27, 2015 19:32:54 GMT
What an eyesore has been made out of that nice bridge.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 19:55:25 GMT
I guess the best thing that could be said for it is that tourists who read about the "love lock bridge" will show up and see nothing but a bunch of tagged plywood, and it will lose its appeal. In about 200 years.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 20:00:47 GMT
No, it will be faster than that. But it will take at least 10 years.
In the last two or three years, I have seen more than half a dozen movies showing the "love lock bridge" when it was still photogenic. And I have seen Dior and Lancôme commercials where it is showcased as well. No movie and no advertiser is going to have any desire to show this bridge until it has returned to its original state.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2015 6:38:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2015 13:16:27 GMT
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Post by nycgirl on Jun 1, 2015 20:55:57 GMT
I hope the city's efforts are a success. Wow, people can be so annoying.
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Post by lagatta on Jun 2, 2015 1:36:25 GMT
I heard this on Radio-Canada just as I was reading your post on it, and here is the story in the Guardian:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/01/pont-des-artes-love-locks-removed-after-parisians-fall-out-of-love-with-eyesore
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Post by lola on Jun 7, 2015 14:42:55 GMT
Good for Paris. Eyesore it is. Will they have to dredge the river for keys?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2016 13:11:18 GMT
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Post by htmb on Jan 18, 2016 13:13:59 GMT
That looks so nice. Are there plexiglass panels in place?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2016 13:34:36 GMT
Yes -- now we'll have to wait and see how long it takes for people to start scratching them, even though I'm sure they are as scratchproof as possible.
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Post by fumobici on Jan 18, 2016 15:35:27 GMT
Plastic won't be hard to scratch, anything metal will do. I think it'll be harder psychologically for people to deface the bridges with locks if they can keep them mostly clear of them, seeing thousands of locks there is kind of a sign of tacit approval. Now if they can just bust the bouquinistes who sell locks steps away from the bridges to blunt the purely impulsive transgressors.
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Post by cynthia on Jan 19, 2016 2:56:30 GMT
Thank you so much for these updated photos. Maybe I can finally get those disgusting locks out of my mind's eye and walk across the bridge on my next visit without nearly being sick at my stomach.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2016 11:22:43 GMT
Lock removal and renovation of both the Pont des Arts and the Pont de l'Archevêché has now officially been completed, with the installation of the 'lockproof' Plexiglas panels on both bridges. Unfortunately, locks can still be seen on quite a few other bridges and fences throughout Paris, albeit not in the huge quantities that were on the two primary bridges. In all, 65 tonnes of locks have been removed (20 on the Pont de l'Archevêché and 45 on the Pont des Arts). The city is going to hold an auction to sell 10 tonnes of locks and bridge railings in January. Proceeds from the auction will be used to benefit the refugees living in Paris. If the sale is successful, a second sale will be organised. Otherwise, it will all simply be melted down as scrap metal.
There will soon be operations to remove locks from the Pont Neuf and the Passerelle Senghor (Pont Solférino). In any case, the city says removal teams will be at work every two weeks until further notice, anywhere in Paris where it seems necessary. Also, the Plexiglas panels are here to stay because no better solution has been found. So far all of this has cost the city 1.2 million euros.
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Post by chexbres on Dec 2, 2016 21:59:15 GMT
I don't mind the plexiglas panels - you don't notice them. But I think it's really stupid of people to get to "their" bridge, see that it's not possible to attach a lock there, then clamp it to the nearest metal object at hand. Maybe someone will have to write a new novel about people expressing their love in some other fashion.
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Post by bjd on Dec 3, 2016 6:35:33 GMT
I don't think it's about expressing "love". Just another expression like a selfie -- "here I am in front of XX". In this case, it's "here we are together and we just bought this lock. Let's put the picture of us attaching it on facebook."
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 7, 2016 0:05:00 GMT
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Post by mossie on Dec 7, 2016 20:03:17 GMT
Hopefully some good will come out of the sheer stupidity shown by placing those locks. I was very surprised at the weight, it is a wonder the bridges didn't collapse.
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