New Delhi: Playboy has completed 60 long years of stunning pictorial excellence with Release of the Magazine'sJanuary/February 2014 Double Issue Featuring Kate Moss, and Collaboration with Marc Jacobs.With in these 60 years Playboy has established itself as a renowned symbol of sexual freedom and excess.In a recent statement to media Playboy founder Hugh Hefner admits it took being a workaholic during his media empire's formative years to transform him into an icon of sexual liberation and sophisticated indulgence.Hefner started his Magazine in 1952 with $8,000 of seed money for publishing material others wouldn't dare to touch. Hugh Hefner resides in Playboy Mansion located in Los Angeles, California, nearby Beverly Hills, the mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties.The mansion is spread over an area of 5.3 acres.It was built by architect Arthur R. Kelly in 1927.The mansion has 22 rooms including a wine cellar, a game room, a zoo and aviary (and related pet cemetery), tennis courts, a waterfall and a swimming pool area (including a patio and barbecue area, a grotto, a sauna and a bathhouse). These features and others have been shown on television.In early 2011 it was valued at $US54 million.Here are the pics of this gorgeous mansion:A view of the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles,California February 10, 2011.The front entrance to the Playboy Mansion.Heated pool with an underwater passage to the outside pool.Founder Hugh Hefner poses for a portrait at his Playboy mansion in Los Angeles.Front view of the Playboy Mansion.Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion in Chicago, 1960.An aerial view of the mansion.Hugh Hefner reads from his notes before a screening of Bonnie and Clyde at the Playboy Mansion June 18, 2004 in Los Angeles.Night view of the Masion's pool.Heather Kozar, poses at the Playboy Mansion.
Updated on: December 10, 2013 16:50 IST
