Briktown Lock Bridge

[Just the facts]

One of the unique items in Paris are their lock bridges over the Seine. The idea is that lovers write their name or initials on a lock, attach it to the bridge, and throw the key into the water. It started on one bridge and has now spread to 4 or 5 in central Paris and has been adopted by other cities including London. I think we should do something like this over the Bricktown Canal. The only real cost is the instillation of a chain link fence along the bridge railing to attach the locks to and someone to scoop up the keys out of the canal every year. Here are a couple of pictures (on a side note I have to question the commitment of people who do this with a combination lock).

[Mel]

Holy smokes! It kind of reminds me of OKC memorial fence. A magnetic dredge should pick up most of the keys.

[Just the facts]

What about doing it on the bride between the fountain and Harkin Theater? Area businesses could sell the locks.

[Just the facts]

Here is a list of cities around the world doing this.

List of locations with love locks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Mel]

That would cool. Every time the couple went back to that area for a movie, bowling or a meal they could go see their lock and reaffirm.

[Just the facts]

That would cool. Every time the couple went back to that area for a movie, bowling or a meal they could go see their lock and reaffirm.

Plus it would be in a high traffic area which would encourage others to participate.

[jerrywall]

I think it's a great idea.

[Urbanized]

What about doing it on the bride between the fountain and Harkin Theater? Area businesses could sell the locks.

No thanks. We already have guides and passengers hit by thrown rocks, popcorn, food, soft drinks and spittle on occasion. Encouraging people to throw metal items into the canal, especially off of a bridge, is a non-starter for me. The lock idea is charming, I will admit.

[Just the facts]

I think the key from a pad lock dropped by two people expressing their love for each other would be way down on the list of occupational hazards. People throwing away the key to their love probably aren't going to be aiming for the taxi boat driver.

[catch22]

Sure just need to find a girl who is worth the $3 lock.

So far I haven't found one.

[Urbanized]

I think the key from a pad lock dropped by two people expressing their love for each other would be way down on the list of occupational hazards. People throwing away the key to their love probably aren't going to be aiming for the taxi boat driver.

You're missing my point. Making it OK to throw any items off a bridge into the canal leads to other items being thrown into the canal. Slippery slope, and not OK.

Besides, when standing against one railing of that bridge you can't see boats entering the bridge from the other direction, unless you were specifically looking up the canal to check. Most people aren't that conscientious, which is a nice way of saying they ain't that smart. So, even a well-meaning person could inadvertently be throwing a metal object into the eye of a passenger coming out from under the bridge.

No.

[ljbab728]

You're missing my point. Making it OK to throw any items off a bridge into the canal leads to other items being thrown into the canal. Slippery slope, and not OK.

Besides, when standing against one railing of that bridge you can't see boats entering the bridge from the other direction, unless you were specifically looking up the canal to check. Most people aren't that conscientious, which is a nice way of saying they ain't that smart. So, even a well-meaning person could inadvertently be throwing a metal object into the eye of a passenger coming out from under the bridge.

No.

I agree and it's a no vote for me as well.

[gjl]

The up close picture looks to me to be a bit of an eye sore. And how are all the locks going to weather over time? The writing on the locks won't last long. I wonder what all the locks weigh?

[Just the facts]

If the idea of right over the canal doesn't fly how about a small extension off the main channel? As for an eye sore - it might be one of those things you need to see in person. It is anything but an eye sore, in fact - it is almost inspirational.

If Bricktown doesn't want it what about putting it in the new Central Park?

[ljbab728]

Another good reason why this is a terrible idea and I hope it never starts here.

'Locks of love' Paris bridge reopens after railing collapse

It sounds trendy but, in the end, it's just a blight and a nuisance.

[jn1780]

Another good reason why this is a terrible idea and I hope it never starts here.

'Locks of love' Paris bridge reopens after railing collapse

It sounds trendy but, in the end, it's just a blight and a nuisance.

That looks extremely ugly especially in a beautiful city like Paris.

[Midtowner]

It's tacky.

[CuatrodeMayo]

It could be worse...

Gum Wall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Jeepnokc]

I saw all the locks of love last year and it was very cool. But it was cool for the city of love and everything that goes with it. We need to come up with are own traditions and cool things that fit us as a city. These things can't be copied or forced but happen like the old western graffiti bridge we tore down. Maybe it was time for the bridge but that was a custom that grew on its on. Hopefully we (okc) will find our own creative cool thing as we develop.

[bradh]

I'm more into to not copying other cities traditions and starting our own.

[RadicalModerate]

or maybe a variation of this . . ?
Shoe Trees

[Urbanized]

#OKCChalkWall

[Plutonic Panda]

You know, if they really wanted to do something different, since OKC is/was so car dominant, seeing as how we move towards better mass transit, urban living, and the lesser need for a car, maybe we can start a ''junk yard'' or perhaps a wall were people take a part off of their car they no longer have or use because they longer want or need it. Give the entire car(although that is kind of unrealistic for some), give a part of the car away(steering wheel, bumper, headlight etc.), or perhaps jut the car keys. It could be something small that can be replaced to. Just something to put on the wall to say, hey, I no longer have to drive or rely on my car anymore like I used to. It could show people from other cities how car dominant OKC used to be.

I understand that might be a bit extreme, but it'd certainly be different and I'm willing to bet it certainly make national perhaps even international headlines.

[RadicalModerate]

Another good reason why this is a terrible idea and I hope it never starts here.

'Locks of love' Paris bridge reopens after railing collapse

It sounds trendy but, in the end, it's just a blight and a nuisance.

As soon as I saw the original pictures, at the top of this thread, I wondered what the carrying capacity of the bridge was.
Focusing on the railing didn't cross my mind.

And, before actually opening the thread, I thought it was referring to locks of hair.
They are a lot lighter than the other kind of locks.

(And, before that, I wondered when the Bricktown Canal needed to install an actual lock to help boats change elevations.)

[RadicalModerate]

You know, if they really wanted to do something different, since OKC is/was so car dominant, seeing as how we move towards better mass transit, urban living, and the lesser need for a car, maybe we can start a ''junk yard'' or perhaps a wall were people take a part off of their car they no longer have or use because they longer want or need it.

Instead of bumpers or hubcaps or fenders . . . How about just hood ornaments?
Some of them are pretty cool looking and don't weigh much.
Plus hood ornaments would then be decorating one of the "'hoods" of the city, so they would still, in sense, be hood ornaments.