Citing its own troubled balance sheet, a rundown physical plant and a desire to retool its mission, last week Washington's Corcoran Gallery of Art announced plans to explore the sale of its 19th-century building and move to a purpose-built facility elsewhere in Washington, or even in Maryland or Virginia.
One is that the relationships people are forming online can be real and powerful, and their desire to bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds becomes stronger as more of these online relationships proliferate.
The public also has shown the desire for the tradition to cease, both because of the physical harm to the bridge and because many view the locks as an eyesore.
While consumers do desire to buy, the companies to offer, the sort of physical goods deals that cannot be long term offerings for they cannot support that discounts demanded.
At a time when more top athletes across sports have the desire and the means to stay in prime physical condition, baseball players have joined NFL linemen (and a few notable golfers) as the last bastions of unapologetic girth.