By Erica Orden and Jack Nicas
Marilyn Monroe Sculpture, Skirt Billowing, Has Windy City Breathing Heavily
CHICAGO—Marilyn Monroe was always larger than life. But here in the Windy City, the bombshell’s recent appearance, in sculptural form, is showing that some viewers like it hot, others not so much.
A 26-foot-tall, 17-ton sculpture of the movie star in her iconic pose from “The Seven Year Itch,” holding down her flyaway halter dress, went on display last month in a prominent plaza on Michigan Avenue.
Curious visitors, sometimes more than 100 at a time, swarm Marilyn. Little girls stand on her toes, leaving black scuffmarks on her red pedicure. They hug her ankles and struggle for footholds on the straps of her slingback high heels.
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