New York City Tells Couples to Take Their 'Love Locks' Somewhere Else

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New York City Tells Couples to Take Their 'Love Locks' Somewhere Else
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A "love lock" can be a beautifully symbolic, semi-permanent gesture for showing your significant other how much you care. But for New York City (http://mashable.com/category/new-york-city/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) transportation officials, showing your love should **t mean destroying your environment.

A trend that has marked many major cities, but is especially common on the Ponts des Arts in Paris (http://mashable.com/category/paris/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), has become a nuisance for the New York City Department of Transportation. Padlocks with short messages of undying love, or the names of people's soulmates, have begun to line New York City bridges.

See also: 'NY Train Project' Tours NYC Through the Eyes of a Subway Rider (http://mashable.com/2014/05/19/ny-train-project-subway-signs/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/21/new-york-city-tells-couples-to-take-their-love-locks-somewhere-else/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


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