Before L.A., Hefner had the Windy City. A look back at life in the Chicago mansion

chicagomag.com - 19 weeks ago - 428 views

After launching the Playboy empire here in the 1950s, Hugh Hefner turned Chicago into a frontline of the sexual revolution, acting out his sybaritic fantasy life behind the walls of his mansion on North State Parkway. But as the freewheeling sixties gave way to the decadent seventies, things changed drastically for Hefner and the Gold Coast mansion he called home.

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by kristenthometz 19 weeks 2 days ago

The original Playboy Mansion was a 70-room residence in Chicago at 1340 North State Parkway. It was built in 1899 for George Swift Isham and acquired by Hefner in 1959. For a period in the 1970s, Hefner divided his time between the Chicago mansion and the Mansion West, moving full time to the California mansion in 1974. The Chicago mansion boasted a brass plate on the door with the Latin inscription, Si Non Oscillas, Noli Tintinnare ("If you don't swing, don't ring").

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_Mansion#The_original_Playboy_Mansio...

by qstrian 19 weeks 2 days ago

Playboy's Club was located just down the street @ 1960 Lincoln Park West across from a popular music venue. Club recruiters were known to approach prospective bunnies working as cocktail servers @ many Chicago Loop entertainment venues, including the young lady who would become my wife. While some may have been offended, Shannon said that she was flattered.

by LohanP 10 weeks 6 days ago

According to news that no one should care about, Playboy made an offer to Kate Gosselin to pose for the magazine. Kate Gosselin turned them down, but some people are holding out that she'll appear in Thrown off a Cliff to Rabid Hungry Wolverines and Grizzly Bears Monthly. (Or that she'll be thrown off a cliff to rabid hungry wolverines and grizzly bears.) She turned Hefner down flat, and instead of posing nude will be further exploiting her children and failed marriage (which failed due to her henpecking – let's be honest) for money. Since Kate Gosselin gets $75,000 per episode of the inane and utterly rotten show she's on, she won't need a payday cash loan anytime soon.Read more click http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/09/09/kate-gosselin-playboy...