Comments on: Promise Bridge Not Really Catching On, Yet

By: Mar

Mar — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:12:21 +0000

I don’t care if it’s original. I think it brings character to the city and I think it’s a beautiful idea. Our lock went up yesterday, and I hope it stays.

By: anonnnnn

anonnnnn — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:05:45 +0000

really bad idea. for all the reasons people have mentioned here. i feel a little embarrassed for the person who put that up there.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:35:46 +0000

FYI- On this contrived nuisance.

The three locks you mention have been there since the sign appeared. I believe they were placed by whoever put up the sign… and at the time the locks looked brand new from the store.

Participating in this false ‘community art’ would only cloud the legitimacy of whatever promise was made..

By: flipperman75

flipperman75 — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:19:38 +0000

I can’t believe no one else picked up on this. The whole point of the tradition is to throw away the key. Throwing it through someone’s windshield kind of takes away some of the romance.

By: Bloomingdude

Bloomingdude — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:54:35 +0000

Can we get the kids who steal bikes to steal the sign and the locks? I do walk across that bridge and like the view of the Capitol.

By: crin

crin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:28:02 +0000

Let’s see a low intimate bridge over a lush canal in the world’s most romantic city or a loud smelly highway overpass in the world’s least romantic city. Wonder why it’s not catching on.

By: Bloomingdude

Bloomingdude — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:50:26 +0000

I have to agree with the other negative comments that this just doesn’t make sense. Who is going to go out of their way to get to this bridge over a highway to make a promise and “lock it up?” The idea is whimsical and romantic but the setting is anything but. It would be better to erect a portion of a fence in Dupont or Logan Circle and do it where people hang out and make promises to each other.

On the other hand, it may have worked if they had made it a guerilla art wall where people can hang their homemade art. This would have made it more of a destination.

By: G. Willikers

G. Willikers — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:43:13 +0000

PoP, as someone who’s left a lock on Pont des Arts, I can tell you that a significant part of the process is that you toss the lock’s key into the Seine. Throwing an abundance of keys onto a heavily trafficked road seems, ummm, not-so-great.

By: G. Willikers

G. Willikers — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:37:21 +0000

Are you implying that there’s a lock shortage?

By: eckingtonite

eckingtonite — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:34:42 +0000

I’m sorry.