mona Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Farewell, my love ...Paris 'love locks' removed from Pont des Arts bridge Paris’s famous bridge closes this week for the removal of brass locks purporting to symbolise the unending love of visiting tourists. A city hall campaign to save the bridges of Paris from the weight of hundreds of thousands of brass locks has not checked the ardour of droves of tourists, who continue to view it as the City of Love. A recently-married couple from Poland, Dominika and Bartek Mieczkowski, sit near an iron grill coered with ‘love locks’ on the Pont des Arts in Paris, France A tourist poses in front of the padlocks A view of padlocks at Pont des Arts bridge One couple’s padlock, from May this year The Eiffel tower appears through the partly lock-free railing The iron grills lining certain Parisian bridges have, since 2008, been increasingly covered with brass padlocks Workers remove panels bearing the locks Barriers are removed by a crane A city municipal employee helps clear the dismantled barriers Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snf Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 "City of Love" is stupidCity that's all ; with historic heritage.Respect that all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 they were removed because the weight of them were actually making the bridge bend...45 tons of them...not tonnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatman Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 As a lawyer, I couldn't stop thinking about how many divorce processes will begin, after removing ”love locks”. I would like to have my lawyer office there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gipsy Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 As a lawyer, I couldn't stop thinking about how many divorce processes will begin, after removing ”love locks”. I would like to have my lawyer office there.seems u too lawyer Dinu .ppl should hv an illusion of love at least. true love is God's gift for chosen.about office there - i think it's damn expensive ,sure u arn't Christopher Columbus in this case. :lmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatman Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 As a lawyer, I couldn't stop thinking about how many divorce processes will begin, after removing ”love locks”. I would like to have my lawyer office there.seems u too lawyer Dinu .ppl should hv an illusion of love at least. true love is God's gift for chosen.about office there - i think it's damn expensive ,sure u arn't Christopher Columbus in this case. :lmao:Unfortunately, my lawyer office is not in France, and here we haven't such a bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gipsy Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 so build it! :D & sure u won't hv a deficit in croissants & coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatman Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 so build it! :D & sure u won't hv a deficit in croissants & coffee.Someone will make some money from melting 45 tons of the padlocks metal. Brass alloy is not cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gipsy Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 so build it! :D & sure u won't hv a deficit in croissants & coffee.Someone will make some money from melting 45 tons of the padlocks metal. Brass alloy is not cheap.sure it's Chinese tricks. :tooth: and then they will produce & sell new ones back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 so build it! :D & sure u won't hv a deficit in croissants & coffee.Someone will make some money from melting 45 tons of the padlocks metal. Brass alloy is not cheap.sure it's Chinese tricks. :tooth: and then they will produce & sell new ones back.who says free enterprise is not at work in china Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallon Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 The love locks came to Paris in 2008.I was curious about the history of love locks, because I remembered this bridge has been in the news before.And indeed, wikipedia recalls:'The lovelocks of the Pont des Arts mysteriously disappeared during the night of 11 May 2010, but the Administration denied responsibility, until it was discovered that they had been removed by a student of the nearby École des Beaux-Arts to make a sculpture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mona Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 The love locks came to Paris in 2008.I was curious about the history of love locks, because I remembered this bridge has been in the news before.And indeed, wikipedia recalls:'The lovelocks of the Pont des Arts mysteriously disappeared during the night of 11 May 2010, but the Administration denied responsibility, until it was discovered that they had been removed by a student of the nearby École des Beaux-Arts to make a sculpture.Hmm... Curious, how did he managed with that task without (probably) heavy-duty equipment seen above ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatman Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 By ”The lovelocks of the Pont des Arts mysteriously disappeared..”, wikipedia let us understanding that all lovelocks disappeared, not only few of them. And this is an impossible task for one man. A lock weighs approximately 200 grams, so 45 tons means about a quarter million lovelocks extracted and transported by a single man during only one night. No way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mona Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 By ”The lovelocks of the Pont des Arts mysteriously disappeared..”, wikipedia let us understanding that all lovelocks disappeared, not only few of them. And this is an impossible task for one man. A lock weighs approximately 200 grams, so 45 tons means about a quarter million lovelocks extracted and transported by a single man during only one night. No way!Your pictures shows 4-5 workers and cranes, working during the daylight.That's why I'm doubting if this was ever possible... Bull....? :coolwink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatman Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 By ”The lovelocks of the Pont des Arts mysteriously disappeared..”, wikipedia let us understanding that all lovelocks disappeared, not only few of them. And this is an impossible task for one man. A lock weighs approximately 200 grams, so 45 tons means about a quarter million lovelocks extracted and transported by a single man during only one night. No way!Your pictures shows 4-5 workers and cranes, working during the daylight.That's why I'm doubting if this was ever possible... Bull....? :coolwink:In 11 May 2010, in Paris, the sunset was at 21:20, and the sunrise, next morning at 06.15. That means about 9 hours of dark. To remove a quarter milion locks, during 9 hours, the student should remove one lock in 0.129 sec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mona Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 By ”The lovelocks of the Pont des Arts mysteriously disappeared..”, wikipedia let us understanding that all lovelocks disappeared, not only few of them. And this is an impossible task for one man. A lock weighs approximately 200 grams, so 45 tons means about a quarter million lovelocks extracted and transported by a single man during only one night. No way!Your pictures shows 4-5 workers and cranes, working during the daylight.That's why I'm doubting if this was ever possible... Bull....? :coolwink:In 11 May 2010, in Paris, the sunset was at 21:20, and the sunrise, next morning at 06.15. That means about 9 hours of dark. To remove a quarter milion locks, during 9 hours, the student should remove one lock in 0.129 sec. This is what we use to call "quality journalism" . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballistic Gelatin Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 "Quality journalism" virtually disappeared with the mainstream introduction of the Internet.Now everyone is a 'journalist.' What a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallon Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 The love locks came to Paris in 2008.I was curious about the history of love locks, because I remembered this bridge has been in the news before.And indeed, wikipedia recalls:'The lovelocks of the Pont des Arts mysteriously disappeared during the night of 11 May 2010, but the Administration denied responsibility, until it was discovered that they had been removed by a student of the nearby École des Beaux-Arts to make a sculpture.Hmm... Curious, how did he managed with that task without (probably) heavy-duty equipment seen above ..... The Love locks tradition started on the Pont des Arts since late 2008. The Administration may have denied responsibility for the disappearance during the night of 11 May 2010, but the locks were occasionally being cut off by city workers. Only since 2012 the number of locks covering the bridge has become overwhelming, with locks being attached upon other locks. Pont des Arts Love locks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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