And making a
mess of the city's bridges;
Paris is
asking love-struck couples strolling around the capital to refrain from
affixing a lock to a city bridge and rather, snap a selfie in the name
of love.
City Hall officials made the plea on Monday after months of
mulling over how to stop couples from clipping “love-locks” on the
city’s historic bridges over the Seine River.
Some of which are in danger of collapsing under the weight. So the city has a website;
Now, city officials are hoping social media can restore the safety of
Paris’s bridges. As of Wednesday, red heart-shaped notices in several
languages will be put up urging amorous lovers to take a selfie and post
it to a special website (lovewithoutlocks.paris.fr).
"It's the first step in a wider action plan ... an initial
communication effort to tell people that love locks are not good for
Paris’s cultural heritage and that actually, it's not an ideal way to
symbolise love," local city officials said in its message.
Maybe Francoise Hollande and one of his mistresses could be encouraged to speak up.
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