In Popular Culture
Lexington Avenue almost became part of a classic American cinematic moment, in the 1955 movie The Seven Year Itch, the scene in which Marilyn Monroe shot what would become her most famous scene. Standing on a subway grating outside the Loew's Lexington theatre, her skirt billows up from the wind underneath. However, the footage shot on September 15, 1954, on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street, was deemed unsuitable because of the noise made by the thousands of onlookers. The scene was re-shot in the studio.
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