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Those “love locks” that tourists clip to the Brooklyn Bridge are getting ugly now that visitors are expressing their everlasting devotion with condoms, bras, trash and, yes, feminine ...
A whole lotta lovin’ was cut off the Brooklyn Bridge on Friday and unceremoniously dumped into rolling trash bins. The NYC Department of Transportation says it has had enough of romantic couples ...
The city went on a lock-cutting frenzy on the Brooklyn Bridge in the first week of June, clipping 4,000 so-called “love locks” left by tourists as mementos of their trip to New York and symbols of ...
Officials said that love locks, which are found on landmarks across the world, first began appearing on the Brooklyn Bridge in 2009 and that since 2013, when the DOT started keeping count, more ...
A pilot abord the Mexican Navy vessel that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge this May ordered it to move slowly forward, but ...
Brooklyn Bridge is no place for ‘love locks,’ says city officials. New signage warns against placing items on the bridge’s promenade and imposes fines for those who don’t comply.
Perhaps Brooklyn is worried that it will become more like Paris — and not in a good way. The city of love must deal with bridges that have become loaded down with thousands of locks — 700,000 ...
The honeymoon is over for the locks that couples attach to the Brooklyn Bridge as a memento of their love. The Transportation Department has removed 5,600 locks from the bridge since July and now ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- If you're thinking of attaching a love lock on the Brooklyn Bridge be warned: There'll be a price to pay.New York City officials on Friday announced a $100 fine for ...
Locks are no longer the only—or even the dominant—symbol of attachment left on the 131-year-old span. Ribbons, bracelets, hair ties and earphones are increasingly being knotted onto the bridge ...