Hugh Hefner's iconic mansion bolstered his brand — and criticism
LOS ANGELES - The Gothic Tudor was one of many estates built for Los Angeles' wealthy class during the boom years of the 1920s, an ornate European revival sitting slightly out of place in a Westside canyon.
But in the 1970s, Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner saw the Holmby Hills home as a chance to create a hedonistic headquarters for a business that peddled photos of nude women and a sexually liberated lifestyle that would spark decades of debate.
During the height of its popularity, the Playboy Mansion was perhaps L.A.'s most famous home. Attending one of
