  the playboy mansion (also known as the playboy mansion west) is the home of playboy magazine founder hugh hefner. in los angeles, california, nearby beverly hills, the mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of hefner's lavish parties. playboy enterprises says of the mansion; the playboy mansion is used for various corporate activities and serves as a valuable location for television production, magazine photography and for online, advertising and sales events. it also enhances our image as host for many charitable events and civic functions.playboy enterprises annual report. http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/10/100/100055/items/294186/playboyenterpri10k.pdf accessed 09 jul 2014 ==history== the mansion's front door in 2007|thumb|right original plan of the pool|thumb|right the  house is described as in the "gothic-tudor" style by forbes magazine, and sits on . it was designed by arthur r. kelly in 1927 for arthur letts, jr., son of the broadway department store founder arthur letts and acquired by playboy from louis d. statham (1908â1983), an engineer, inventor and chess aficionado, in 1971 for $1.1 million.playboy enterprises annual report. http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/10/100/100055/items/294186/playboyenterpri10k.pdf accessed 16 dec 2008 in early 2011, it was valued at $54 million.playboy mansion valued at $54 million in lawsuit it sits close to the northwestern corner of the los angeles country club, near ucla and the bel-air country club. fifteen million dollars has been invested in renovation and expansion. the mansion has 22 rooms including a wine cellar (with a prohibition-era secret door), a screening room with built-in pipe organ, a game room, thr
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