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Playboy Mansion to get protected status under deal with city
abcnews.go.com ^ | 3/8/2018 | unknown

Posted on 03/08/2018 7:44:40 AM PST by rktman

The new owner of the Playboy Mansion has agreed to maintain the facade in its original condition under an agreement with the city of Los Angeles.

Daren Metropoulos entered into a permanent protection covenant for the 5-acre (2-hectare) property he bought for $100 million. He agreed to not demolish the 20,000-square-foot (1858-sq. meter) main residence as he proceeds with plans to connect the mansion and its grounds to his 2-acre plot next door.

The deal, announced Tuesday by Councilman Paul Koretz, will remain in effect for future owners. City News Service says the designation stops short of giving the building landmark status.

Hugh Hefner, who died last year, bought the estate in 1971 and made it into the epicenter of his Playboy brand and one of the world's most famous homes

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: bluezones; firehazard; hazmat; playboy; zoning
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Hmmmm. I'm kinda thinkin' it's in the running for a super fund site due to hazmat concerns. Nasty spores released if they were to demolish it. Would you swim in that pool?
1 posted on 03/08/2018 7:44:41 AM PST by rktman
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What about the secret tunnels underneath, and what about the CIA’s involvement in all the activities there?


2 posted on 03/08/2018 7:46:50 AM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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Playboy Mansion to get protected status under deal with city

The mansion is a goldmine for microbiologists.

3 posted on 03/08/2018 7:48:08 AM PST by bkopto
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The most famous whorehouse in the world is protected now. Like who cares??


4 posted on 03/08/2018 7:48:48 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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They could probably light the entire city from that location with a single well aimed black light


5 posted on 03/08/2018 7:51:32 AM PST by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: Sacajaweau

Make a nice guest house.


6 posted on 03/08/2018 7:53:23 AM PST by moovova
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Can he disinfect it?


7 posted on 03/08/2018 7:55:50 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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Shoot, I’d keep it open just as it was, gotta be dozens of bimbos who don’t know Hef is dead and would drop by for a few fun hours in the hot tub.


8 posted on 03/08/2018 7:55:54 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust Sessions. The Great Awakening is at hand...MAGA!)
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There are not too many germs which can survive a good dose of chlorine.


9 posted on 03/08/2018 7:56:52 AM PST by saintgermaine (saintgermaine the time traveller)
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The original was in Chicago.


10 posted on 03/08/2018 7:57:50 AM PST by onedoug
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Much more involved here than merely disinfecting a smaller room. Like the Oval Office when Clinton left the White House. Gotta call Service Master.


11 posted on 03/08/2018 7:59:26 AM PST by donozark (Restraining orders are just another way of saying I love you.)
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Hefner Cultural Center with the Weinstein Wing.


12 posted on 03/08/2018 8:03:16 AM PST by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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If there’s no need for an AR15 for self defense why does anyone need a 20,000 sq ft mansion for shelter?


13 posted on 03/08/2018 8:04:50 AM PST by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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Will CA demand he turn it into a homeless/illegal immigrant shelter?


14 posted on 03/08/2018 8:05:32 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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Why the hell would the City Of Los Angelas give proteched status to Hugh Hefners place of ill repute.


15 posted on 03/08/2018 8:05:59 AM PST by ontap
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“Maintain the facade” means everything else could be razed and rebuilt.


16 posted on 03/08/2018 8:06:52 AM PST by Tax-chick ( Why not give up a bad habit today?)
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Icon in the uber alt left lib world.


17 posted on 03/08/2018 8:07:03 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Put this in the Sodom and Gomorrah file.


18 posted on 03/08/2018 8:12:28 AM PST by donna (Chelsea Manning is Obama's legacy.)
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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/legionnaires-outbreak-traced-back-playboy-mansion/story?id=12924405

That place has diseases they haven’t even discovered yet.


19 posted on 03/08/2018 8:12:37 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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That mansion has been a dump since the 70s. It smells bad. Food is good though.


20 posted on 03/08/2018 8:12:40 AM PST by barbarianbabs
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