Today I had the pleasure of taking a day trip to New York City with my son, Tim. Our goal was to take a walk on the Brooklyn Bridge. Before we did that, we decided to explore the beautiful park that was located in Brooklyn Heights along the shore of the East River near the bridge. There were photo opportunities everywhere, the results of which I will be uploading to my stream over the next several weeks.

One of the interesting things we found were locks of all shapes and sizes hooked on fences and wires scattered through the park as well as on the bridge itself. I knew nothing about the significance of them, so when I got home I googled "locks on a fence" (not knowing what else to call them). The search came up with the term, "love locks". This is what Wikipedia had to say about them:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_lock
I also discovered that this is apparently a world wide phenomenon in all the major cities of the world.

So, it seems things that were once used as a means to keep something protected from theft are now used as symbols of love. However, many officials of cities and municipalities are less sentimental, regarding them as another form of graffiti to be removed.