Thousands of people walk over an ordinary subway grate at Lexington Avenue and East 52nd Street in Manhattan every day, never realizing it is the site of Marilyn Monroe’s famous “white dress” moment — one of the most enduring images in cinema history.
The spot, where a giggling Monroe was filmed in 1954 reacting to the gust of air blowing up her pearly pleated cocktail dress during the filming of “The Seven Year Itch,” epitomizes not only 1950s glamour but also the playful sex-symbol image that defined her public persona.
